F1 British GP: Nelson Piquet gets banned from the upcoming British Grand Prix: The three-time Formula 1 champion Nelson Piquet has been banned from the upcoming British Grand Prix this weekend after footage revealed he used racist remarks against the Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. Follow Formula 1 Updates and British Grand Prix Live on InsideSport.IN.
As Formula 1 showed up at the Northamptonshire track, the BRDC reported the three-time Brazilian title holder would at this point not be welcome at the Silverstone circuit. The statement from BRDC said, “The BRDC Board of Directors has noted that, in a Brazilian podcast last November, Nelson Piquet Senior, an Honorary Member of the BRDC, described Lewis Hamilton using a racially offensive expression in Portuguese. The apology issued yesterday by Mr Piquet Snr has also been noted.”
F1 British GP: Nelson Piquet gets PUNISHED for racist comments about Lewis Hamilton, gets BANNED from British Grand Prix
“In view of the BRDC’s zero-tolerance policy towards any act involving or suggesting racism, the BRDC Board has concluded that Mr Piquet Snr’s use of racially offensive language to describe a fellow BRDC member (and seven-times World Champion) is unacceptable and represents conduct that is wholly inappropriate for an Honorary Member of the BRDC, notwithstanding his subsequent apology.”
“Accordingly, we have advised Mr Piquet Snr that his membership has been suspended with immediate effect. Following the Club’s due process, it is anticipated that the Board will terminate Mr Piquet Sr’s membership at a board meeting to be held after the required seven-day notice period,” the statement concluded.
Meanwhile, the British Racing Drivers Club, which owns and operates the working of the British Grand Prix circuit, has moved quickly to suspend Piquet, who is a privileged individual from the elite club. Furthermore, it will officially throw him out at a board meeting conducted in seven days’ time.
F1 British GP: Nelson Piquet gets PUNISHED for racist comments about Lewis Hamilton, gets BANNED from British Grand Prix
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The sports governing body, the FIA, is yet to report definite sanctions but on the other hand, is supposed to boycott Piquet. Piquet apologized for any offense that had been made in the wake of utilizing a racial slur to depict Hamilton in a digital recording. Be that as it may, he guarantees the word isn’t hostile in his country Brazil.
The FIA strongly condemns any racist or discriminatory language and behaviour, which have no place in sport or wider society. We express our solidarity with @LewisHamilton and fully support his commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in motor sport.
— FIA (@fia) June 28, 2022
Meanwhile, Piquet in his apology said, “I would never use the word I have been accused of in some translations. I strongly condemn any suggestion that the word was used by me with the aim of belittling a driver because of his skin colour.”
“I apologise 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 concluded.
F1 British GP: Nelson Piquet gets PUNISHED for racist comments about Lewis Hamilton, gets BANNED from British Grand Prix
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