After the controversy of the past few weeks, the exemption granted to the Mercedes F1 champion on the use of earrings, jewelry and other metal objects has expired today at Silverstone
There will be no head-on clash between Lewis Hamilton and the FIA over the ban on wearing jewels at the wheel of Formula 1 single-seaters. The English champion had in fact obtained a few weeks of official exemption from the application of the new rigid protocol on the use of necklaces, watches , rings, earrings and piercings, and it is right on the home track at Silverstone that the showdown was awaited. A match with an unpredictable outcome given that, both on the Thursday dedicated to interviews and on his arrival on the track this morning before free practice, the seven-time world champion proudly continued to show off the diamond on the left nostril which is the subject of the dispute. Already in the FP1 of the British GP, however, as confirmed by the Federation inspectors, Lewis got into the car without his piercings. Thus avoiding any possible sanction.
HAMILTON VS FIA, POLEMIC IN MIAMI
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And to say that, just a few weeks ago, the Mercedes driver had drawn media attention to the FIA rules which, for safety reasons, prevent the use of jewelery and metal objects of any kind inside the cockpit of an F1 car. , and which oblige pilots to wear approved fireproof underpants. At the debut of the paddock on the new Miami track, Hamilton had in fact presented himself at the press conference with three watches on his wrists, several chains around his neck and at least a dozen rings, just as his colleague Sebastian Vettel was walking around the pit. wool with knickers over the Aston Martin suit: two faces of the same protest, destined to criticize the choice of making existing legislation much more severe but, at least until this year, always applied in a rather mild manner.
F1, THE SANCTIONS AVOIDED BY HAMILTON
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However, the seven-time world champion had obtained a partial exemption from the ban on carrying metal objects, motivated by the need to undergo surgery to remove at least two of his platinum piercings. In the end, however, not even Sir Lewis was able to avoid the severity of the new rules and, despite appearing yesterday and today on the track with the usual jewels, he had to leave all the accessories in the pits (including nose piercings) before getting into the cockpit. of his Mercedes W13, given the expiry of the exemption granted by the FIA. Otherwise, the British would have had to pay a first fine of 50,000 euros, which could have risen to 250,000 – with the risk of losing even points from the Super license, the essential “license” for racing – in the event of subsequent infringements.
01 July 2022 – 19:33
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