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OhYeah84 said:
...were you perhaps involved in any calls or meetings where this wasn't raised with Nelson Piquet? If not, then it's all personal belief of a situation that may or may not have happened. And it helps with the Twitterati now pushing the narrative that Verstappen also uses those words.
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Well Nelson didn't retract it so whatever was or wasn't said obviously made no difference. The court of public opinion is unfortunately a crap one and if Max cares about his reputation then he needs to say something, anything...
 
it seems Juri Vips' contract was terminated by RB and hes no longer one of their academy drivers. i Lolled when someone on reddit wrote "Loose lips sink Vips"

I'd hate to be part of the RB PR team this week
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Well Nelson didn't retract it so whatever was or wasn't said obviously made no difference. The court of public opinion is unfortunately a crap one and if Max cares about his reputation then he needs to say something, anything...
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Why should he volunteer a statement?

If I was Max, I would leave it until directly asked by the press this coming weekend. Then, simply answer with "I do not share or support those utterances by Mr Piquet".

Sweet and short and distances himself while staying neutral towards the father of his girlfriend.

Back in the day you were allowed to keep your mouth shout and that didn't make you guilty. Now, today, everyone must be forced to share their opinion or you're guilty as charged. It's BS.

Same nonsense as not taking the knee. All of those who did not take part were labelled racist. Umm, no, that's not how it works.
 
FlashSA said:
Back in the day you were allowed to keep your mouth shout and that didn't make you guilty. Now, today, everyone must be forced to share their opinion or you're guilty as charged. It's BS.
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For ordinary people like us nobody cares.

For sports stars, actors, politicians and anyone else in the public eye - it's always been this way. PR management comes with the territory...
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
For ordinary people like us nobody cares.

For sports stars, actors, politicians and anyone else in the public eye - it's always been this way. PR management comes with the territory...
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You do make a fair point.
 
it seems NP made a somewhat-apology:

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1541706999263633408

A lot of debate from Brazilians & Portuguese speakers that the term is widely used and is not offensive, provided it is among friends/acquaintances, but clearly NP using it in that context was racist.

Not sure that F1 can do besides banning him from attending races
 
Naks said:
it seems NP made a somewhat-apology:

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1541706999263633408

A lot of debate from Brazilians & Portuguese speakers that the term is widely used and is not offensive, provided it is among friends/acquaintances, but clearly NP using it in that context was racist.

Not sure that F1 can do besides banning him from attending races
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Twitter is going to eat him alive with that half-hearted apology.
 
Craig_ said:
Twitter is going to eat him alive with that half-hearted apology.
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Look, I'm sure he thought he wasn't doing anything wrong, but as this clip demonstrates, such terms can only be used by familiars and in context, plus there is a long history of discrimination of lighter-skinned Brazilians towards their darked-skinned countrymen:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1541708484231708680
 
Naks said:
Look, I'm sure he thought he wasn't doing anything wrong, but as this clip demonstrates, such terms can only be used by familiars and in context, plus there is a long history of discrimination of lighter-skinned Brazilians towards their darked-skinned countrymen:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1541708484231708680
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And you believe he did nothing wrong and used the word as a term of endearment?

Why would he be using it as a term of endearment after he believed Max was driven into the barriers by Hamilton last year? That makes no sense.
 
Craig_ said:
And you believe he did nothing wrong and used the word as a term of endearment?
Why would he be using it as a term of endearment after he believed Max was driven into the barriers by Hamilton last year? That makes no sense.
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o_O

dude?

Naks said:
Look, I'm sure he thought he wasn't doing anything wrong, but as this clip demonstrates, such terms can only be used by familiars and in context, plus there is a long history of discrimination of lighter-skinned Brazilians towards their darked-skinned countrymen...
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Naks said:
A lot of debate from Brazilians & Portuguese speakers that the term is widely used and is not offensive, provided it is among friends/acquaintances, but clearly NP using it in that context was racist....
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I miss the days when it was just racing and talking to your friends about it.

Now I can't switch on my phone without knowing Max's future father in law said a word in his native tongue last year probably aware that it is racist and it came out coincidently just before yesterday's boy's home race and every driver is showing much love and respect and having a good ol' social media ****.
 
Hamster said:
Max's future father in law said a word in his native tongue last year
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At least two words.

www.marca.com

Nelson Piquet is blasted for his racist comment about Lewis Hamilton in this video

A big row has erupted in Formula 1 over Nelson Piquet's recent remarks about Lewis Hamilton. The controversy has arisen because the three-time Formula 1 world champion (1981, 1983
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The controversy has arisen because the three-time Formula 1 world champion (1981, 1983 and 1987) used the Portuguese term "neginho" ("little n****r").
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The 'neginho' [Hamilton] put the car up the inside and drove off," Piquet said.

"Senna didn't do that. Senna went straight on. Do you really think he wasn't going to spin?

"He was like 'I'm going to do it here anyway'. The 'neginho' put the car in and went because there was no way two cars were going to go through that corner. He played dirty."
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1541426121022918657
 
Hamster said:
I miss the days when it was just racing and talking to your friends about it.

Now I can't switch on my phone without knowing Max's future father in law said a word in his native tongue last year probably aware that it is racist and it came out coincidently just before yesterday's boy's home race and every driver is showing much love and respect and having a good ol' social media ****.
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So the whole thing should've been ignored according to you? Because this is probably how it went in the past.
 
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