Hamilton has taken to social media to respond to Piquet's recent comments💞 with a series of tweets.

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— Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton)

He then posted a tweet in Portuguese, which transl𝔍ates to: 'Let's focus on changing the mindset🐻'.

Vamos focar em mudar a mentalidade

— Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton)

Hamilton followed that up with a thirdꦿ tweet 💝calling for 'action.

𝔍It’s more than language. These archaic mindsets need to change and have no place in our sport. I’ve bee🐼n surrounded by these attitudes and targeted my whole life. There has been plenty of time to learn. Time has come for action.

— Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton)

What did Nelson Piquet say?

The🅠 insult happened in an interview that Piquet gave in November 2021, when talking about last year’s F1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, but has only just come to light.

Former driver Piquet, from Brazil, criticised Hamilton for his clash with Max Versta🍒ppen and called him a racist word, in his native language.

The rough translation, as provided by Brazilian media, is: “The [racist term] put the car in and left because there was no way to get past two cars at t♚hat corner. He did dirty."

The quotes have been reported by many o♍f Br♛azil’s biggest outlets including , , and

The interview was given to journalist Ricardo Oliveira ꦕto a Brazilian outlet called Motorsport Talk.

The🔥 inc💖ident in question, from the 2021 F1 British Grand Prix, is when Hamilton and Verstappen bumped. Hamilton went on to win the race.

They return to Silverstone this weekend.

Piquet, who won three F1 world championships in the 1980s, is also the father of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Verstappen🌃’s girlfriend, Kelly Piquet.

Piquet was in the public ey𒐪e last year when he drove a Roꦑlls-Royce for Brazil’s controversial president, Jair Bolsonaro, at the country’s Independence Day.

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In response to Piquet'♒s comments, F1 released a statement on Tuesday morning.

“Discriminatory or racist language is unacceptable in any form and has no part in society. Lewis is an incredible ambassador for our sport and deserves respect. His tireless efforts to increase diversity and inclusion are a lesson to ma﷽ny and something we are committed to at F1," the statem🗹ent read.

Shortly 𝓀after, Mercedes posted a statement on their social media account.

It read: “We condemn in the strongest terms any use of racist or discriminatory language of any kind. Lewis has spearheaded our sport’s efforts to combat 🦂racism, and he is a true champion of diversity on and off track.

“Together, we share a vision for a diverse and inclusive motorsport, and this incident underlines the fundamen🧸tal importance of continuing to strive for a brighter future.”

Red Bull terminate Juri Vips' contract after racist remark

Red Bull have terminated the contract of their test an𓂃d ꦡreserve driver, Juri Vips, just hours after Hamilton's response to Piquet.

Vips was concluded to have made a racist comment, after being suspended while under investigation. He made the remark while live streaming hi🅠mself playing video games.

F1 facing major racism questions

In the days leading up𝔍 to the F1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, the issue of racism within Formula 1 is sure 🧔to be the main topic.

Both Hamilton and Red Bull have found themselves at the c𝔉entre of separate issues on the same day.

Verstappen’s girlfriend’s father labelled Hamilton a racist name, before his team terminated the contract of Vips who also made a 🐟racist remark.

It is particularly poignant timing gi♍ven that both incidents happened in the build-up to Hamilton’s home race - the seven-time world champion from Britain has always been 🌌an advocate for social change whose influence extends far beyond the race track.

His words on issue﷽s of race a𒐪nd social change will perhaps never be more powerful than when he addresses the media at Silverstone on Thursday.