Mercedes fined but Hamilton can keep piercings on

Lewis Hamilton can keep his nose piercing at the Singapore Grand Prix medical reasonsHowever his team was fined 25,000 euros on Sunday for failing to notify the stewards.

The FIA, the governing body of Formula 1, licensed mercedes to submit a form indicating that British pilot had all his jewels off And piercing according to the rules.

“In fact, Hamilton had his piercings removed before the race. The team assumed he followed or would follow the same procedure without asking Hamilton for this event,” the FIA ​​stewards said in a statement about their decision.

“The commissioner accepts that The notification error in this case was intentional or unintentionalIn this situation we are imposing €25,000 fine for the teamto specify the text.

The seven-time world champion, who starts from third on the grid on Sunday, told reporters: Wearing jewelry again as advised by a doctor after getting an infection when removing the jewelry.

“I wore jewels and had my nose pierced for years, but at the beginning of the year there was a ruckus,” Hamilton said after the FIA ​​bans drivers from driving with jewels this season. He noted that he had made the decision to strictly enforce the rules.