Formulation One is true to ban jewelry from the cockpit however the governing FIA may have enforced the rule in a much less confrontational approach, in line with Grand Prix Drivers’ Affiliation (GPDA) chairman Alex Wurz.

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and the FIA had been in a standoff at this month’s Miami Grand Prix over piercings the Mercedes driver has raced with for years and mentioned he couldn’t take away.

Hamilton has been advised to take them out by the Monaco Grand Prix on Could 29 however has mentioned he has no intention of doing so.

“It’s a rule for the correct causes,” former Benetton, McLaren and Williams driver Wurz, who’s closely concerned in driver security and schooling, advised Reuters.

“I’d have most likely favored a barely completely different strategy of ship the message.

“I do not wish to find yourself in soccer the place there are extra fingers within the air and verbal abuse…it’s important to work collectively. It is a model I’d have most well-liked on this case.”

The ban on jewelry, in addition to the sporting of non-compliant under-garments, has lengthy been within the guidelines however not often enforced till the FIA clamped down this season.

It says gadgets beneath the necessary flameproof clothes may improve the danger of burn accidents and has highlighted the danger of essential delays or issues if medical imaging is required following an accident.

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem advised the Each day Mail final week he wished Hamilton to ship the correct message to younger drivers as a job mannequin.

Wurz mentioned he had by no means forgotten a chat he attended as a teenager given by Danish former racer Kris Nissen, who had a fiery sportscar crash at Japan’s Fuji circuit in 1988.

“He confirmed his physique and mentioned ‘take a look at this’,” recalled the 48-year-old.

“For him absolutely the most painful factor after hearth, and it wasn’t an extended hearth, was the rubber (elastic) in his regular pants being burnt into the pores and skin. He mentioned (it was) for years agony and ache. And it educated me.

“At this second I mentioned I do not wish to stay these penalties, just for (not) taking my pants off and placing fireproof underpants on. The identical with jewelry.”

Wurz mentioned the GPDA was speaking to the FIA in regards to the physique’s refusal in Miami to defend a concrete wall with an energy-absorbing Tecpro barrier after Alpine’s Esteban Ocon and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz crashed closely.

A number of drivers accused the FIA of ignoring their considerations, though the physique mentioned it had listened to their recommendation however determined no modifications had been wanted.

Wurz mentioned hitting a concrete wall, even in a second gear nook, was going to harm.

A Tecpro barrier may nearly halve the G forces, he added, and imply a driver wouldn’t want medical checks and the chassis and gearbox would stay intact.

That may lower your expenses, with groups topic to funds caps, and take away the necessity to fly a broken chassis again to Europe, including to the carbon footprint.

Wurz mentioned the GPDA had been advised a barrier was obtainable and will have been put in.

“Strictly talking we did not have an harm, so perhaps you may say it (the barrier) isn’t needed however we wish to say that if we had it, it will enhance the scenario,” he added.

“No analysis on the earth can inform me it will have been a draw back to place it (there).”