Lewis Hamilton on Thursday applauded the hefty fine imposed on three-time Formula One champion Nelson Piquet for racist remarks about the British driver, saying people “full of hate” should not be tolerated. 

Piquet was fined US$945,000 (Rs 7.7 crore) last weekend for calling Hamilton “neguinho” (little black) in a 2021 interview. In handing down its judgement, a court in Brasilia ruled that the “intolerable” remarks constituted a “serious offence to the fundamental values of society”.