Sky Sports is reporting that Lewis Hamilton will simply be allowed to continue wearing his jewellery and piercings in Formula One. The FIA is said to have spoken to the drivers and come to their senses.
Jewellery and piercings in F1
Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas are the new race directors in Formula 1 since the departure of Michael Masi and they were made responsible by the FIA for the current regulations. The two looked deeper into the rules and found out that the rule around jewellery and piercings was not being observed. These are not allowed to be worn during a session. It first resulted in a note in the Event Notes and later it was even added as part of the standard inspection.
Although the rule has been in the rulebook for much longer, there is a lot of opposition to its sudden enforcement. Hamilton in particular is a big opponent. He has been driving with piercings and jewellery during the race since his F1 debut, and Pierre Gasly and Kevin Magnussen were also keen to continue wearing their rings.
Pressure on the FIA
For a long time, it seemed that the drivers just had to follow the rules. Hamilton was postponed due to medical reasons but should show up in Monaco without piercings. This now appears not to be the case.
Sky Sports News has learned that it is unlikely that Hamilton will receive a penalty for continuing to wear his piercings. The FIA and the GPDA have had 'constructive' talks which would have led to Hamilton and possibly other drivers being allowed to continue wearing their jewellery and piercings.
Lewis’ grace period has simply been extended. He must abide by the rules come the British Grand Prix. This story is not over. The FIA president has made his position clear and Lewis will obey or face serios sanctions.
Depends how the racing is, if he is still struggling to beat Russell, he will protest. If he is beating Russell, he will comply.
Point well made but let's be honest, he isn't beating Russell anytime soon. George just outpaced him by 0.3 in FP1 and not a single complaint from him either.
This is ridiculous. FIA should never backtrack because one driver has problem with rules. Either enforce the rules or scrap them. Making exceptions is the worst thing you can do.
So this means that in any other racing series overseen by the FIA, the drivers, pit crew will all be allowed to wear jewellery and piercings. Not to mention try telling a young go karter to take off jewellery they'll just say LH is allowed to wear it all over his body.
Indeed. It'll why would they take it off while F1 can do it. If I were in such a class I would take one extreme measures to "show my personality"
Seems like the rules can only be bent if it benefits a "popular" driver positively.
Way to go FIA. Way to go.
Setting an early example this year of whats to come. This after the same team complained that the FIA does not keep to the rules.
Fantastic news giving 3 backmarkers a little joy.
Now that this has been sorted we can focus more on what's going on up front where the real action is
So viel zur strikten Einhaltung der Regeln. Gerechtigkeit für Michale Masi
I wonder if the rules would have been changed to allow it to happen if it was something that drivers like Latifi or Yuki, for example are opposed to instead of Hamilton.
and again this man thinks it al evolves around him, this decision makes him meven more believing he is important.
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