Piquet is showing himself to be a nasty piece of work. The only f1 team not to outright condemn him are Red Bull and Max (who says he's a really nice guy).
The three-time world champion made further unsavoury comments in a 2021 podcast, beyond those brought to public attention on Monday
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On Monday an interview from a podcast in 2021 was released of
Piquet using a racial slur to describe Hamilton. The three-time champion in the 1980s was roundly vilified by the sport, with F1 and the FIA issuing statements condemning racism.
The Brazilian, whose daughter is the partner of Max Verstappen, has since been banned from the F1 paddock for life. Piquet had issued a statement saying his words had been “ill thought-out” but denying they were racist, claiming they had been mistranslated. His arguments were given little credence and now look all but hollow as further footage has emerged.
The Brazilian website Grande Prêmio
said it had obtained a full copy of November’s podcast and in it Piquet repeated the racist epithet and added a homophobic slur, when discussing his former rival Keke Rosberg, his son Nico and Hamilton, who drove with the younger Rosberg. F1 had no intention of revoking its ban on Piquet despite his statement and these further details will surely ensure he never returns to the F1 paddock.