Retired Formula One champion Nelson Piquet has been ordered by a Brazilian court to pay $950,000 in 바카라moral damages바카라 for making racist and homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton. (More Motorsport News)
The 70-year-old Brazilian had referred to seven-time champion Hamilton as 바카라neguinho,바카라 a racially offensive term, which means 바카라little Black guy,바카라 in 2021. In another interview, Piquet used racist and homophobic language.
The court in Brasilia on Friday ordered Piquet to pay 5 million Brazilian reals 바카라in collective moral damages, to be allocated to funds for the promotion of racial equality and against discrimination of the LGBTQIA+ community.바카라
The charges were filed by several human rights groups, including Brazil's National LGBTI+ Alliance.
In their complaint, the human rights groups said that Piquet violated the norm of human dignity enshrined in the country's constitution. The judge said Piquet's comments corresponded to the definition of racial discrimination outlined in Brazil's 2010 Statute of Racial Equality.Â
Hamilton had condemned 바카라archaic mindsets,바카라 and the Mercedes driver said he had been 바카라surrounded by these attitudes and targeted (my) whole life.바카라 He is the only Black driver in F1 and received honorary citizenship from Brazil last year.
Piquet, who won three F1 titles in the 1980s, was discussing a crash between Hamilton and Red Bull driver Max Verstappen that took place during the British Grand Prix in 2021. His daughter Kelly Piquet is Verstappen's girlfriend.
Piquet later apologized in a statement for the 바카라ill thought out바카라 racial term, but said it 바카라is one that has widely and historically been used colloquially in Brazilian Portuguese as a synonym for guy' or person' and was never intended to offend.바카라
In his decision, judge Pedro Matos de Arruda said 바카라subtlety is one of the characteristics of contemporary Brazilian racism바카라 and that the word is 바카라not an affectionate nickname.바카라
Piquet had used racist and homophobic language in the other interview when discussing Hamilton missing out on a previous championship.
Piquet's comments implied if Hamilton hadn't been gay, 바카라he would have won the championship. ... Therefore, being gay would be a negative characteristic," the judge said in his decision.
The retired driver has the right to appeal the ruling.
Piquet had angered some F1 fans for his support of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. He donated about $95,000 to Bolsonaro's failed re-election bid.
