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BRDC suspends Piquet's membership over racist comment

The British Racing Drivers' Club has suspended Nelson Piquet Snr's membership and will move to terminate it entirely, following the Brazilian's racist comments directed at black driver Lewis Hamilton. The three-time Formula 1 world champion used a Brazilian word to describe seven-time champion Hamilton in a podcast episode in which he was discussing last year's […]
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