Nelson Piquet fails to overturn ~$1M fine over racist and homophobic remarks towards Lewis Hamilton in 2022
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Three-time F1 World Champion Nelson Piquet has reportedly been unsuccessful in his appeal to overturn his fine issued for racist and homophobic comments he made about Lewis Hamilton.
A [civil] court case was brought against the former F1 racer by four human rights groups, including Brazil’s LGBTQ+ Alliance, in response to multiple interviews emerging where Piquet had used racial slurs against seven-time World Champion Hamilton.
... a court in his native Brazil moved to fine him 5,000,000 Brazilian Reals (£780,000) in ‘moral damages’.
Here's an article from March when the initial verdict was rendered: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/mar/25/nelson-piquet-fined-lewis-hamilton-comments-f1. But recently he lost his attempt to appeal the case.