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Lewis Hamilton furious as Nelson Piquet's £817,000 fine is reversed
Nelson Piquet's fine for referring to Lewis Hamilton as a 'neguinho' – which means 'little Black man' in English – has been cancelled by the Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories. Piquet was originally fined £817,000 for his foul remarks towards the seven-time World Champion, which were brought against the Brazilian in court by various human rights groups. Formula 1 also condemned the three-time World Champion's comments and banned him from the paddock, something which remains in place. Piquet's argument from the get-go was that his comments towards Hamilton had no racial context or were intended as racism, as it's a term informally used in Brazil. Want to work...
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