Nelson Piquet Apologizes to Lewis Hamilton, Says He Was Mistranslated

Three-time Formula 1 champion Nelson Piquet came under fire Tuesday after audio of him calling seven-time champ Lewis Hamilton the Brazilian Portuguese equivalent of the N-word emerged. Hamilton along with his Mercedes team, a number of drivers, and F1 itself quickly condemned Piquet. Piquet released a statement on Wednesday apologizing to Hamilton, while denying the racist connotations of his language.

I apologize wholeheartedly to anyone that was affected, including Lewis, who is an incredible driver, but the translation in some media that is now circulating on social media is not correct. Discrimination has no place in F1 or society and I am happy to clarify my thoughts in that respect." Piquet used the word in question in a podcast recorded last year when discussing the crash at the 2021 British Grand Prix between Hamilton and Red Bull's Max Verstappen. It should be noted that Verstappen is dating Piquet's daughter, Kelly.

glad you posted NP's statement, while at the same time trying your hardest to NEGATE his statement by saying Verstappen is dating NP's daughter, he made defamatory claims that Ayrton Senna was gay & called Nigel Mansell's wife ugly. is aligned with far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro

Funk off old man

so he lied and didnt apologise then

lol

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