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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Giles Richards in Monaco

‘Bigger fish to fry’: Hamilton welcomes jewellery reprieve before Monaco GP

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton says Formula One has bigger problems than worrying about the safety concerns of jewellery. Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images

Lewis Hamilton, preparing for what is always a testing weekend on the streets of Monaco, welcomed an FIA climbdown in a spat that is clearly becoming a tiresome distraction.

The threat of Hamilton missing the race on Sunday due to the stand-off over whether drivers can wear jewellery under their race suits was lifted temporarily on Friday, with the sport taking a moratorium on enforcing the rule to examine ways to come to an agreement.

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