MOSCOW, June 29 Three-time Formula 1 champion Brazilian Nelson Piquet apologized to seven-time British champion Lewis Hamilton and said he had no intention of inflicting a racist insult on him. On Tuesday, it became known that Pique last November, when analyzing a collision between Hamilton and Red Bull driver Max Verstappen at the British Grand Prix, named the driver » Mercedes» with the slang word neguinho.» I would like to clear up the rumors circulating in the media about a comment I made in an interview last year. synonymous with 'guy' and has never been offensive. I would never use the word attributed to me in some translations to humiliate a pilot because of his skin color.» om.» I sincerely apologize to everyone affected by this, including Lewis who is an incredible pilot, but the translation in some of the media that is now circulating on social media is incorrect. There is no place for discrimination in Formula 1 or in society, and I am happy to clarify my thoughts on this matter,” added the 69-year-old Brazilian. and the Mercedes team, as well as Hamilton himself.
