MIAMI — Lewis Hamilton exposed he would relatively sit out the Miami Grand Prix than comply with the FIA’s jewelry crackdown.
“If they halt me, so be it,” the seven-time environment champion informed reporters ahead of the inaugural Miami Grand Prix on Friday.
Drivers have been prohibited from putting on physique piercings or steel neck-chains considering that 2004 but the rule has by no means been properly enforced.
“We’ve acquired a spare driver so we’re all set and prepped,” Hamilton extra, suggesting he would alternatively see the team’s reserve motorists Stoffel Vandoorne or Nyck de Vries choose his location on the grid.
“There’s lots to do in the city in any case,” he quipped, whilst donning 3 watches, 8 rings, 4 necklaces, earrings, and a nose stud in the course of the push convention.
“I’ve been in the activity for 16 years … it seems needless for us to get into this spat.”
Hamilton went so significantly as to say he would be “willing to sign a waiver” to “take obligation away” from the sport’s governing overall body ought to there be any safety concerns pertaining to his jewellery.
“It’s a step backwards if you assume about the actions we’re having as a sport and the more important problems we will need to be centered on,” he claimed. “I’m listed here to be an ally of the sport … there’s even bigger fish to fry.”
Hamilton previously explained to The Publish at the Australian Grand Prix that he would have to get his ears “chopped off” to comply with the policies, as he wears earrings welded to his system.
“I’ve acquired a number of piercings that I really just can't get out, that not a lot of persons know of,” Hamilton claimed, laughing. “These ones on my correct ear are literally welded in so I’d have to get them chopped off or something like that. So they will be being.”
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