Nelson Piquet has landed himself in even more hot water after additional footage of racist and homophobic slurs against Lewis Hamilton has emerged.
On Monday, an interview from a 2021 podcast was released in which the three-time World Champion used a racial slur to describe Hamilton.
Now, new video from the same podcast has emerged and shows Piquet repeating the racist epithet and adding a homophobic slur while discussing former rival Keke Rosberg, along with his son Nico and Hamilton.
Piquet has been widely condemned by F1, drivers, teams and the FIA and even Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who is dating his daughter, Kelly Piquet.
A few days ago Piquet apologised for his language, but stated he had been misunderstood.
“I would like to clear the stories circulating in the media about a comment I made in an interview last year,” Piquet said.
“What I said was ill thought out, and I make no defence for it, but I will clarify that the term used is one that has widely and historically been used in Brazilian Portuguese for a synonym for ‘guy’ or ‘person’ and was never intended to offend. 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.”
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