News Details

Hamilton criticises 'older voices' after Piquet comments | 'It won't deter me'

Lewis Hamilton has issued a passionate and dignified response to Nelson Piquet's comments, questioning why "we are giving older voices a platform" but also insisting he will "take the high road" and that the scandal will not deter him from striving for progress on and off the track. On Thursday ahead of the British GP, Hamilton faced the media for the first time following Piquet's comments surfaced, with the Brazilian former F1 champion having used a racially offensive term when referring to Hamilton. Piquet apologised on Wednesday and said his comments were "ill thought out" - but denied any racial intent. Hamilton had already posted on social media that...
Full Story »
1y ago from SkySports.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Tension resurfaces in new F1 racism scandal

Jun.29 A new line of tension has opened up in Lewis Hamilton's...
1y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

F2 team saves Vips' career over racism scandal

Jun.30 Juri Vips has been thrown a career-saving lifeline by his Formula...
1y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Alpine boss reacts to Ecclestone accusing the FIA of...

Porpoising has caused drama both on and off the track, with former F1 CEO...
1y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Piquet issues bizarre apology after racially abusing...

Nelson Piquet has released a confusing apology after being caught...
1y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marquez: Learning from Bagnaia in MotoGP ‘a...

Marc Marquez has described learning from Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia as...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Abel ends Indy 500 entry hopes, cites funding as cause

Abel Motorsports will not be fielding a car in this year’s Indianapolis...

American flag livery returns for AJ Foyt Indy 500 entry

AJ Foyt Racing announced Wednesday that it is bringing its popular...

Chevrolet confirms it had no knowledge of Team Penske...

Just over a week has passed since IndyCar announced the disqualification...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Michael Owen believes Arsenal's Bukayo Saka should be...

Pundit Michael Owen believes that England manager Gareth Southgate should...
51m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal attacker eyed up for ambitious loan transfer...

Arsenal forward Gabriel Jesus is reportedly a loan target for Brazilian...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.