Video shows Piquet adding homophobic slur against Hamilton | Mauricio Savarese
The website Grande Prêmio published video late on Thursday – apparently filmed last year with Piquet speaking in Portuguese – in which the 69-year-old Brazilian used homophobic language to say the British driver wasn’t focused to challenge Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg for the 2016 title, which the German won. There was also a fourth instance of a racial slur about Hamilton.
Piquet apologised to Hamilton on Wednesday, but said the term, while “ill thought out,” was not meant to be offensive. He added “neguinho” can be used as a short for “people in general”. But his phrasing in that part of the video left no doubt he was singling out Hamilton, to which he added a homophobic slur.
Hamilton has called for “archaic mindsets” to change. After former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone defended Piquet on British TV, Hamilton questioned why “older voices” are given prominence in F1.Series leader Verstappen, who is in a relationship with Piquet’s daughter, Kelly Piquet, said on Thursday that Piquet used a “very, very offensive” word to describe Hamilton but he did not believe Piquet to be a racist.
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