F1 legend Nelson Piquet has apologised for comments made about Lewis Hamilton, but has denied any racist intent behind his words.
The Brazilian used a slang term for 'n*****' when speaking about Hamilton's crash with Max Verstappen - who dates Piquet's daughter - at Silverstone last year. His comments were made in November but only came to light earlier this week. Now, he has apologised.
In a statement, Piquet said: "I would never use the word I have been accused of in some translations. I strongly condemn any suggestion that the word was used by me with the aim of belittling a driver because of his skin colour.
