Red Bull’s Max Verstappen affirms that education is a better approach than ostracisation after Nelson Piquet was banned from the paddock for racially abusing Sir Lewis Hamilton. Piquet was analysing an incident between Verstappen, who is dating his daughter Kelly, and Hamilton at Silverstone last year when he used a racial slur to describe the seven-time world champion. The Brazilian’s behaviour was condemned by F1, and Hamilton received waves of support from teams, fellow drivers and folk from all walks of life since the comments surfaced.  Piquet has since been banned from the F1 paddock, but Verstappen believes it would be more prudent to start a dialogue with perpetrators of...
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