In the sea of comments that followed Nelson’s racist statements Piquet against Lewis Hamilton the silence of the Red Bull. Silence the son of an uncomfortable situation: the Brazilian is in fact the father of the girlfriend of Max Verstappen, a top man in the Milton Keynes team. The Dutchman sentenced the three-time world champion ‘in half’ (he previously stated that Piquet’s “are things that should not be said“, Then he added that excluding him from F1 is not a solution), and Red Bull seems to want to continue on this path.
From Chris Horner Milton Keynes’ first words on the affair involving Piquet and Hamilton have arrived. The British ‘justified’ the silence with the commitment on another front, the one opened by the discriminatory statements of the reserve driver Jüri Vips in a direct Twitch: “We are shocked by Nelson’s words, which date back to an interview some time ago. But we had a recent episode with one of our young drivers, and we have taken definitive action. Jüri made a racist comment and we immediately removed him from the team. That of having removed it seemed to us a strong action, but confirms that we do not tolerate any form of racism or discrimination. We fully support Lewis, even Max was clear: we support not only him but we fight all forms of racism and discrimination in sport. We believe action is more important than words: what we did with Vips was rather uncompromising but it is in line with our policy“.
Piquet had called Hamilton a negr ** to twice, commenting on the Silverstone accident with Verstappen in 2021. The Brazilian has been suspended as an honorary member of the British Drivers’ Racing Club (and will soon be expelled), while Formula 1 would be keen to take away his pass for life the paddock.
#Piquet #Horner #Silence #Actions #count #words #FormulaPassion.it