RIO DE JANEIRO, March 25 — Brazil’s triple Formula One champion Nelson Piquet must pay 5 million Brazilian reals in moral damages for racist and homophobic comments against Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, a Brazilian court ruled yesterday.
Hamilton called for action to change “archaic mindsets” after footage of the interview surfaced on social media last June. Piquet, 70, apologised to the British driver and said his comments had been mistranslated. Piquet’s daughter Kelly is Verstappen’s partner. Hamilton, who was awarded honorary Brazilian citizenship last June, is the sport’s only Black driver.
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