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Defending Formula 1 Drivers' Champion and current leader Max Verstappen says that the language used by Nelson Piquet to describe Lewis Hamilton was "very offensive," but that the three-time champion and father of his girlfriend, Kelly Piquet, is not racist.
World champion Max Verstappen insists Nelson Piquet is not racist and believes it is wrong to expel him from Formula One.
Nelson Piquet was on Thursday suspended as an honorary member of the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) for his use of racist language towards Lewis Hamilton in a Brazilian podcast last year. The BRDC, a non-profit organisation, which owns the Silverstone circuit that hosts this weekend's British Grand Prix, said in a statement that Piquet's language was inappropriate and unacceptable.
Lewis Hamilton on Thursday asked why 'older voices' in Formula One are still given a platform for offensive and outdated views.
Lewis Hamilton has demanded that F1 and its teams take genuine action against racism and to promote diversity, saying that older voices are holding the sport back.
Three-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet on Wednesday apologised "wholeheartedly" to Lewis Hamilton after using a racially offensive term to describe the Mercedes star. Hamilton said the "time has come for action" following Piquet's remarks, while Formula One and motorsport's governing body the FIA condemned the 69-year-old Brazilian. "I apologise wholeheartedly to anyone that was affected, including Lewis, who is an incredible driver, but the translation in some media that is now circulating on social media is not correct," Piquet said in a statement.
SILVERSTONE, England : The British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) announced on Thursday it had suspended the honorary membership of retired triple Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet and planned to end it after he used racially offensive language to refer to Lewis Hamilton.
SILVERSTONE, England: Lewis Hamilton called for Formula One's old guard to be given no air time after 91-year-old former supremo Bernie Ecclestone and retired triple world champion Nelson Piquet drew fire for offensive comments.