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Formula 1: Bolsonaro, Senna, Hamilton... Nelson Piquet subscribed to controversies in the paddock

2022-07-04T04:11:16.605Z


Former Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet finds himself at the heart of a new controversy since his racist remarks made against Lewis Hamilton. The triple world champion is not at his first attempt.


Three black deputies from the left-wing PSOL party revealed to AFP on Saturday that they had filed a complaint with the Brasilia public prosecutor's office, demanding legal proceedings against Nelson Piquet following his umpteenth controversy.

The Brazilian pilot has been accustomed to media pans since the beginning of his career, between racism, homophobia and misogyny...

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Lewis Hamilton, "the little nigger"

In an interview dating from November 2021, the triple world champion used the word "

little nigger

" ("neguinho" in Brazilian) to talk about Lewis Hamilton when discussing an accident involving the Briton and the Dutchman Max Verstappen in the first round of the British Grand Prix 2021. “

The little Negro put his car in and left it because there was no way he could overtake and have two cars in that corner

,” he said .

Nelson Piquet, father of Max Verstappen's companion, then clarified this affair by pointing out an error in translation and understanding of Portuguese-Brazilian: "

What I said was poorly thought out and I do not defend myself against it. , but I want to clarify that the term used is a term that has been widely and historically used in the Brazilian Portuguese language as a synonym for "guy" or "guy" and was never intended to offend”

, he assures.

Lewis Hamilton, target of Nelson Piquet's latest controversy PETER CZIBORRA / REUTERS

Piquet's remarks were widely condemned in the F1 world, by the International Automobile Federation (FIA), by Formula 1, the organizer of the World Championship, and by teams and other drivers.

According to the latest information, the ex-Brazilian driver would now be banned from the paddock for life following this controversy.

Ayrton Senna, "the homosexual"

In an interview granted to the “Linha de Chegada” program on the

Rede Globo

channel , journalist Reginaldo Leme then asks the question

“who was the best driver between Ayrton Senna and you?”

, to which Nelson Piquet replies with a laugh:

"Me because I'm alive."

Words that caused a scandal in Brazil where Ayrton Senna is still considered today as a national icon having left a substantial legacy, in particular through his foundation which supports the most deprived young Brazilians.

During their career, Piquet hooked Senna in the press numerous times, calling him a "

homosexual

" on several occasions.

This rumor, which continued to grow in the paddock, was intended to destabilize Senna psychologically.

Jair Bolsonaro, "the savior of Brazil"

A fervent supporter of Jair Bolsonaro, Nelson Piquet was the personal and private driver of the head of state.

He was even seen several times driving the presidential Rolls-Royce.

Often present during the official outings of the current far-right president of Brazil, the Brazilian pilot has never hidden his admiration, his respect and his sympathy for the one who is aiming for a second term next October.

“I met him, he invited me to lunch and we got on well.

I have never been involved in politics, but today I follow Bolsonaro to death.

If we don't help him, if people don't help him... I think he can be the savior of Brazil,"

he said in an interview with

RedeTV

in September 2021.

But also Mansell, Ferrari, Rosberg...

Nelson Piquet's rival during the 80s, Nigel Mansell also paid the price for the venom of the triple champion.

In 1988, Piquet commented in a magazine about his Brazilian rival, calling him

an "uneducated savage"

, while claiming his wife Roseanne was

"fat and ugly"

.

In another interview, Piquet called motorsport pioneer Enzo Ferrari a

"senile old man"

.

In another genre, he called his former rival Keke Rosberg

"shitty"

and

"worthless"

, also attacking his son Nico Rosberg.

According to Piquet, the latter only became world champion in 2016 because Lewis Hamilton was

"too tired from being sodomized"

- a clearly homophobic allusion.

Source: lefigaro

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