SINGAPORE: Lewis Hamilton will be allowed to keep wearing his nose stud at the Singapore Grand Prix for medical reasons, but his team were fined 25,000 euros (US$24,500) on Sunday (Oct 2) for failing to notify stewards. Mercedes were slapped with the penalty by Formula One's governing body, the FIA, for su
SINGAPORE: Lewis Hamilton will be allowed to keep wearing his nose stud at the Singapore Grand Prix for medical reasons, but his team were fined 25,000 euros on Sunday for failing to notify stewards.
"The stewards accept that the error in the declaration in this case was not intentional or deliberate. Given these circumstances, we fine the team 25,000 euros." "At the time it was soldered in, so it didn't come loose. They gave me for many races an exemption so I could find a solution," Hamilton explained.
"Broadcast footage showed Hamilton wearing an item of jewellery in the form of a body piercing during the session," said a statement from the stewards.