Lewis Hamilton demands action after Nelson Piquet uses..

Lewis Hamilton has said “the time has come for action” after a video emerged with the three-times F1 world champion Nelson Piquet using racist language

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Piquet used the term in an interview that was conducted last year but which was released publicly on Monday night.

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Formula One and Hamilton’s Mercedes team had already condemned Piquet on Tuesday morning

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But Hamilton reacted with anger via Twitter, stating: “It’s more than language.

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These archaic mindsets need to change and have no place in our sport.

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I’ve been surrounded by these attitudes and targeted my whole life.

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There has been plenty of time to learn. Time has come for action.”

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The video of the interview was picked up by Brazilian media including CNN, which reported his words as he referred to the incident.

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It included an epithet that can be translated as the N-word.

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F1, which has a clear anti-racist platform under the We Race As One banner, swiftly condemned Piquet.

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