Nelson Piquet is accused of committing a racial crime against Lewis Hamilton with his N-word slur

Three Brazilian MPs have accused Nelson Piquet of committing a racial crime, asking a court to probe him over  his N-word slur against Lewis Hamilton ahead of today’s British Grand Prix 

The politicians say they want the former F1 world champion charged over his controversial comments.

Aurea Carolina, Taliria Petrone and Vivi Reis, MPs for the left-wing Socialism and Liberty Party, have lodged a formal complaint with prosecutors in the capital Brasilia.

Petrone, a former teacher who has spent her political career representing Rio de Janeiro, said: ‘Racism, which structures our society, needs to be fought everywhere.’

The MPs added in their complaint: ‘Treating black human beings in a clearly pejorative way, as Mr Nelson Piquet does, goes against practices for implementing equality.’