Lewis Hamilton has told Formula One’s rulers that he will have to chop off his ear to meet their jewellery demands. But in a show of defiance, Hamilton competed at Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix with piercings in both ears and a nose stud. These ones on my right ear are welded in so I would have to get it chopped off. The rule prohibiting the wearing of jewellery is Article 5 of the third chapter of Appendix L of the governing body’s International Sporting Code (ISC). Hamilton could theoretically be fined or docked points if he breaks the sporting code.

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