Lewis Hamilton Condemns Nelson Piquet's Racial Slur following 2021 British Grand Prix

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Lewis Hamilton has condemned Nelson Piquet for using a racially abusive term about him in an interview following with 2021 British Grand Prix.


Piquet, a 3-time Formula One world champion, used the derogatory term in a podcast as he was discussing rivals Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen's collision on lap 1 at Silverstone in 2021. The podcast came to light this week, and has sparked major controversy in the F1 world, rightfully so. 


Piquet, the father of Max Verstappen's girlfriend, Kelly, accused Hamilton of mishandling his car into the first corner and stated Hamilton was "lucky" to continue in the race. Motorsport.com Brazil editor Carlos Costa translated Piquet's comments, which said: "But the n***** put the car on the inside of Copse. Copse is a very high speed corner, there's no way two cars can make it side by side. He played dirty. His luck is that Verstappen for f****d. And Hamilton was very lucky." Although the podcast was recorded in November, it was recently uncovered on social media leading up to the 2022 British Grand Prix.


Lewis Hamilton, the 7-time Formula One world champion said on Twitter on Tuesday: "It's more than language. These archaic mindsets need to change and have no place in our sport. I've been surrounded by these attitudes and targeted my whole life. There has been plenty of time to learn. Time has come for action." He also tweeted in Portuguese: "Let's focus on changing the mindset."



Here at F1A.US, we condemn all discriminatory or racist language and actions. Nelson Piquets comments are disgraceful, inappropriate, and should be addressed with harshly by Formula One and the FIA. More to come on this story as more information becomes available and more statements are made.

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