On Thursday of Silverstone saw the pilots engaged in media activities for the first time in this 2022. In the first nine events the whole three days had been condensed with the press conference on Friday morning, but starting from this weekend at the request of the pilots themselves he returned to his origins with the media who were able to meet the protagonists of the Circus already today.
Inevitably among the most discussed topics were Nelson Piquet’s words containing a racist epithet repeated over and over to Lewis Hamilton, which led to the ban on the three-time world champion from entering the paddock. “Why do we give it a voice?” the words of the seven-time world champion, who, as a first reaction to the dust that has arisen, underlined that this language is a legacy of an archaic mentality by now outdated and to be eradicated.
Max Verstappen he did not defend Nelson Piquet, father of his current girlfriend, Kelly, but at the same time stressed that forbidding the green-gold champion from entering the paddock does not seem the most suitable solution: “I don’t think it’s a decision that helps to ease the situation, because you don’t allow the people in question to talk to each other. If you place a ban, you do not allow dialogue. If the goal, as it should be, is to educate people, then that those directly involved are allowed to discuss, these are issues that can be easily settled “.
The reigning world champion for obvious reasons has had the opportunity to spend a lot of time with Nelson Piquet and does not think he can be called a racist person: “The language I think he used is offensive, especially nowadays, because it has a derogatory meaning. Nelson knows he was wrong, but I guarantee you that he is not a racist. Did I talk to Lewis about it? No, Hamilton has my respect and he knows my position and my feelings regarding the whole issue of combating racism and discrimination ”. Verstappen has already learned the hard way that using words inappropriately can lead to unedifying storms. Having addressed Lance Stroll with the word “Mongol” on the occasion of a misunderstanding during free practice for the Portuguese Grand Prix in Portimao in 2020 on the occasion put the Dutchman in the crosshairs of the Mongolian authorities.
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