Former F1 champion Piquet fined $950K US for racist, homophobic comments about Hamilton
Retired Formula One champion Nelson Piquet has been ordered to pay $950,000 US in "moral damages" for making racist and homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton.
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Three-time world champion Nelson Piquet fined for racist and homophobic slurs against Lewis Hamilton
Thee-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet has been ordered pay 5 million Brazilian Reals (€885,500) in moral damages for racist and homophobic comments against Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, a Brazilian court ruled on Friday. In an interview in November 2021, Piquet used a racial slur referring to the seven-time world champion, when commenting on Hamilton's British Grand Prix crash with Max Verstappen. Hamilton called for action to change "archaic mindsets" after footage of the interview surfaced on social media last June.
Nelson Piquet fined £780,000 for racist and homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton
Nelson Piquet has been ordered to pay 5 million Brazilian Reals (£780,000) in moral damages for racist and homophobic comments made against Lewis Hamilton. The charges relate to the triple formula one champion’s remarks in November 2021, when Piquet made a racial slur as he spoke about Hamilton’s crash with Max Verstappen at the British Grand Prix.
Piquet ordered to pay $950k for racist, homophobic comments
:Brazil's triple Formula One champion Nelson Piquet must pay 5 million Brazilian Reals ($953,050) in moral damages for racist and homophobic comments against Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, a Brazilian court ruled on Friday.
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