Hamilton has taken to s▨ocial media to respond to Piquet's recent comments with a seri🥀es of tweets.

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— Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton)

He then posted a༒ tweet in Portuguese, which translates to: 'Let's focus on changing the mindset'.

Vamos focar em mudar a mentalidade

— Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton)

Hamilton followed that up 🐭with a third tweet calling for 'action.

It’s mor🌠e than language. These archaic mindsets need to change and have no place in our sport. I’ve been surrounded by these attitudes and targeted my whole life. There has been plenty of time to learn. Time has come for action.

— Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton)

What did Nelson Piquet say?

The insult hap🌞pened in an interview that Piquet gave in Novﷺember 2021, when talking about last year’s F1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, but has only just come to light.

Former driver Piquet, from Bra💧zil,😼 criticised Hamilton for his clash with Max Verstappen and called him a racist word, in his native language.

The rough translation, as provided by Brazil☂ian media, is: “The [racist term] put the car in and left because there was no way to get past two cars at that corner. He❀ did dirty."

The quotes have been reported by many of Brazil’s bi🧸ggest outlets including , ไ, and

The interview was giꦬven to journalist Ricardo Oliveira to a Brazilian outlet called Motorsport Talk.

The incident in quౠestion, from the 2021 F1 British Grand Prix, is w❀hen Hamilton and Verstappen bumped. Hamilton went on to win the race.

They return to Silverstone this weekend.

Piquet, who won three F1 world championships in the 1980s, is also the father of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Verstappe🍃n’s girlfriend, Kelly Piquet.

Piquet was in the public eye last year when he drove a Rolls-Royce for Brazil’s controversial president, Jair♏ Bolsonaro, a✨t the country’s Independence Day.

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In response to Piquet's comments, F1 released a statement on Tuesday morni🐠ng.

“Discriminatory or racist language is unac🉐ceptable in any form and has no part in society. Lewis is an incredible ambassador for our sport and deserves respect. His tireless efforts to increa🌌se diversity and inclusion are a lesson to many and something we are committed to at F1," the statement read.

Shortly after, Mercedes posted a statement on their social media ꦕ🌳account.

It read: “We conde꧅mn in the strongest terms any use of racist or di🐻scriminatory language of any kind. Lewis has spearheaded our sport’s efforts to combat racism, and he is a true champion of diversity on and off track.

“Together, we share a visi🌱on for a diverse and inclusive motorsport, and this incident underlines the fundamental importance of continuing to strive for a brighter future.”

Red Bull terminate Juri Vips' contract after racist remark

Red Bull have terminated the contr🐓act of their test and reserve driver, Juri Vips, just hours after Hamilton's response to Piquet.

Vips was concluded to have m🌸ade a racist comment, after being suspended while under investigation. He made the remark while live streaming himself playing video games.

F1 facing major racism questions

In the days le🦩ading up to the F1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, the issue of racism within Formula 1 is sure to be the main topi🐬c.

Both Hamilton and Red Bull have found themselves♉ at the centre of separate issues on the same day.

Verstappen’s girlfriಞend’s father labelled Hamilton a racist name, before his team terminated the c🅠ontract of Vips who also made a racist remark.

It is particularly poignant timing given that both incidents happened in the build-up to Hamilton’s home race - the seven-time world champion from Britain ha♏s always been an advocate for social change whose influence extends far beyond the race track.

His words on issues of race and social change will perhaps n🎉ever be more powerful than when he addresses the media at Silverstone on Thursday.