Nelson Piquet ordered to pay €884k for racist and homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton

Nelson Piquet has been fined for using an offensive expression when discussing Lewis Hamilton.

Brazil's triple Formula One champion Nelson Piquet must pay $953,050 (€884,681) in moral damages for racist and homophobic comments against Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, a Brazilian court ruled on Friday.

In an interview in November 2021, Piquet used a racial slur referring to the seven-time world champion, when commenting on Hamilton's British Grand Prix crash with Max Verstappen.