Lewis Hamilton has branded the FIA’s clampdown on F1 drivers’ jewellery as an “unnecessary spat”, believing the sport should be focusing on bigger things. Jewellery has been a topic in F1 since it emerged at the Australian Grand Prix that a warning had been included in race director Niels Wittich’s pre-race weekend notes that jewellery could not be worn in the cockpit for safety reasons. Now, for the Miami Grand Prix, jewellery has become part of scrutineering, with greater detail about the reasons forming part of a statement from Wittich, alongside explanations about in-car clothing requirements all the way down to underwear. Hamilton has previously said that if his earrings...
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