SINGAPORE — Lewis Hamilton faces a possible effective on the Singapore Grand Prix after he was summoned to the stewards for an alleged breach of the part of the FIA’s Worldwide Sporting Code that regulates the sporting of protecting clothes, helmets and jewelry.
Firstly of the season, the FIA clarified a long-standing rule in F1’s rules that ban drivers from sporting jewelry throughout observe classes.
The jewelry ruling led to a stand-off between Hamilton and the governing physique on the Miami Grand Prix because the seven-time world champion stated he couldn’t simply take away a nostril stud to adjust to the rule.
An exemption was granted that lasted till the British Grand Prix, when Hamilton lastly eliminated the stud forward of the primary follow session at Silverstone.
In Singapore, Hamilton was summoned to the stewards after last follow for an alleged breach of Appendix L, Chapter III of the FIA Worldwide Sporting Code, which incorporates an article on not sporting jewelry. Photographs of him within the Mercedes storage earlier than the session confirmed him sporting his nostril stud and earrings, though it was not clear if he eliminated them earlier than getting within the automotive.
Breaching the article will lead to a effective on the primary three cases, with potential sporting penalties being enforced if a competitor continues to defy the rule.