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Piquet fined for racist, homophobic comments about Hamilton
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Retired Formula 1 winner Nelson Piquet has been ordered by a Brazilian courtroom to shell out $950,000 in “moral damages” for making racist and homophobic reviews about Lewis Hamilton. The 70-yr-previous Brazilian experienced referred to seven-time champion Hamilton as “neguinho,” a racially offensive time period which usually means “little Black guy,” in 2021. In a different job interview, Piquet used racist and homophobic language. The court docket in Brasilia on Friday purchased Piquet to pay back 5 million Brazilian reals “in collective moral damages, to be allocated to cash for the advertising of racial equality and in opposition to discrimination of the LGBTQIA+ community.” The…

