lewis hamilton and the piercing, a love story that seemed settled has a new chapter. The FIA has modified the controversial rule from his Sports Code where a year ago pilots were prohibited from wearing jewelry and piercings.
“The use of jewelry in the form of piercings on the body or metal chains on the neck is prohibited during the competition and, therefore, it can be controlled before departure”, dictated the Chapter III of its regulations.
in the free of Silverstone of 2022 seemed that the Briton was going to give in in the regulations when he appeared without piercings. However he was a drill, and he was not long in putting them back on.
Since then he has been looked at with a magnifying glass, until the British justified that he would continue using the nose piercing “for medical reasons“, claiming that he suffered an infection when removing it. This matter dragged on for months in 2022, until in Singaporethe team mercedes was penalized.
“We are imposing a fine of 25,000 euros on the team“, collected a statement from the FIA.
Despite the fact that the team was punished, Lewis Hamilton avoided the penalty with surprising justification. The seven-time champion He claimed that he suffered an infection when removing it and, therefore, I would continue to wear the nose piercing”for medical reasons“.
The Briton continued with his purpose from the end of last season and at the beginning of this season: “I’ve been wearing jewelry and my nose piercing for years and we had this ruckus at the beginning of the year“, he explained.
The change from the norm
Last Thursday, when the grill landed in baku, lewis hamilton signed a document where the FIA updated the appendix of the Sports Code.
Up to three exceptionss with the use of piercings and jewelry at the discretion of doctorsfollowing the line marked by the British pilot.
– Rally co-drivers may wear a watch as long as it remains on the suit.
– Pilots may wear a wedding band ring as long as it is not excessive.
– The use of piercings is authorized as long as they are not inside the mouth.
Thus lewis hamilton It puts an end to a rule that many criticized, and for which the pilot himself had many detractors.
