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Brazilian court annuls Piquet fine for offensive Hamilton remarks
Article To news overview © XPB A Brazilian court has cancelled the fine imposed on Nelson Piquet Jr for his offensive remarks directed at Lewis Hamilton. In 2022, comments made by Piquet in response to the 2021 British Grand Prix collision between Max Verstappen and Hamilton resurfaced, with the three-time World Champion calling Hamilton 'neguinho'. This translates from Portuguese as 'little Black man' - but Piquet insisted that the term was not racist, instead pointing to how it is sometimes used to describe a "guy" or "person." He apologised for his "ill-thought-out" remarks. Piquet was taken to court by human right groups in Brazil over the comment, with a...
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