Who Is Rodrigo Piquet? Nelson Piquet Likes The Racist Post On Lewis Hamilton
Nelson Piquet, a multiple-time World Champion, is a living legend in Formula One. His championship victories were in 1981, 1983, and 1987.
After being discovered using racial slurs towards Lewis Hamilton, a seven-time World Champion, the former World Champion is in serious danger. Last year Hamilton had collided with Max Verstappen at Silverstone, however, Piquet had allegedly referred to the driver using a slur at a Brasilian podcast show.
Some of his relatives, including Rodrigo Piquet, had rea yearcted to his recent controversial comments.
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Who Is Rodrigo Piquet? His Wikipedia
Rodrigo Piquet Souto Maior works in the race tracks. He is a former Tetra Brazilian Kart Champion and a relative of Nelson Piquet.
As of now, he is serving as the Director of Autotrac and has also raced for Piquet Sports.
For more than 10 years, Rodrigo raced in the SUDAM category and raced alongside the Dibo Kart Team. He worked alongside mechanical engineers like Raimundo and Gil.
So long story short I hurt @RodrigoPiquet’s feelings?? pic.twitter.com/OGIb9YnaCO
— Noon ^⁰⁵ ⁴⁴? (@FormulaSewis) June 28, 2022
On Instagram, he is active with the handle name @rodrigopicket and has made 3,021 posts. He has a total of 7,237 followers.
As per the driverdb website, Rodrigo Piquet is currently 49 years old. He was born on the 1s of May, in the year 1973.
In 2009, he had come out first in the Center-West Cup, Senior level. Also, In 2019, he finished 12th at the SKUSA SuperNationals XXIII – X30 Master.
Nelson Piquet Relative Reddit Reaction To Racist Post Goes Viral
Rodrigo Piquet has reacted to Nelson Piquet’s recent racist controversy in a somewhat positive way.
On Reddit, a snapshot of an Instagram post made by Rodgiro has gone viral. In the post, a picture of his second-generation grandmother has been shared where he writes: “Inacinha our second-generation grandmother, and the mother of my father and my uncles’ soul and heart!! She called all of us n****. It’s not about what it is LOVE” F***** hypocritical world. !!!!P1QUET.”
kelly liking rodrigo piquet’s ig post containing the n word is not it. blood is thick but the principle to stand up against racism should be thicker. pic.twitter.com/hK3JHOf3Cq
— carlos sainz’s rubber ducky (@aspiringf1wag) June 28, 2022
Netizens Condemn Rodrigo Piquet For Supporting N-Word
Many Twitter users have raised voices against Rodrigo Piquet, a relative of Nelson Piquet. They think that the former Kart racer has said one of the dumbest things supporting Nelson. As a result, he has come under fire for endorsing his relative’s racial comments.
@maraneIlo on Twitter has said: “Rodrigo piquet (?????) saying that the n-word is a sign of LOVE has gotta be the dumbest, most ignorant thing I’ve ever read”.
Another user @winnywoooo tweets: “The situation was already yikes but that rodrigo piquet Instagram post is YIKES”
Similarly, @Mazesp1n writes: “I’m disgusted by the Piquet comments and defense of those comments by Rodrigo Piquet I’m calling for both to publicly apologize and be banned from F1 paddock. #LEWISHAMILTON #formula1 #f1isracist”
