Lewis Hamilton has been told be will not be fined or penalised for breaching the sport's ban on wearing jewellery while driving in Formula 1 sessions at Miami and Spain. The FIA has decided to clamp down on existing rules governing what drivers can wear in the cockpit, which includes stipulations on acceptable underwear and a total ban on jewellery due to safety concerns in the event of an accident. The Sporting Regulations have long contained a prohibition on certain jewellery items but the rule has rarely been enforced until now. Hamilton has taken exception to this change, and responded by saying that he had been wearing jewellery for the entire 16 years he had been racing in F1. Read...
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