Formula 1's grace period regarding the wearing of jewellery expires on Thursday with questions about Lewis Hamilton and his piercings. At a time when Formula 1 is dealing with not one but two racist incidents, the FIA is set to turn its attention to jewellery of all things. At the start of this season the sport's new race directors announced that the wearing of jewellery during a grand prix is prohibited. It is not a new regulation, but one that Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas have decided to enforce based on safety grounds. The drivers were given a grace period after Hamilton revealed that 'there is stuff I can’t move, these ones on my right ear are literally welded in, so I’d have...
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