SINGAPORE: Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton has avoided a penalty for wearing his nose stud during the Singapore Grand Prix qualifying after he produced a medical exemption letter — although his team was fined 25,000 euros as they submitted a scrutineering form saying he wasn't wearing any jewellery.
Hamilton, who finished a season's best third in qualifying at Marina Bay on Saturday, had previously removed jewellery when driving after a long-standing rule that it could not be worn during track sessions was clarified in Miami, Florida, according to formula1.com.
However, he was wearing his nose stud in Singapore, which attracted the stewards' attention.
The seven-time world champion told them doctors had advised him not to remove the stud, rather than continue to take it in and out, on medical grounds.
FIA deputy medical delegate Ian Roberts studied the medical report and concurred with the opinion. As a result, the stewards decided to take no further action. IANS
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