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Piquet reportedly facing life-time ban from paddock

Triple F1 World Champion Nelson Piquet is reportedly facing a life-time ban from the F1 paddock after racially abusing Lewis Hamilton. Earlier this week a video emerged of the Brazilian using a racial slur during an interview he gave towards the end of the 2021 Formula 1 season. Speaking to Motorsport Talk's Ricardo Oliveira, Piquet gave his thoughts on the clash between Hamilton and Max Verstappen that took place at the British Grand Prix, saying: 'The [racial slur] put the car in and left it, because there was no way to get past two cars at that corner. He drove dirty.' The former driver has been widely criticised for it, Formula 1 and Mercedes the first to take to social media to...
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