Lewis Hamilton appeared to back down in the Formula 1 jewellery row by removing his nose stud ahead of Friday's practice sessions.
But it is clear the seven-times world champion is exasperated by the ongoing clampdown and will have talks with the governing body’s boss Mohamed Ben Sulayem in a bid to reach some sort of compromise. Ben Sulayem, president of the FIA, has decided the sport’s long-standing jewellery ban for drivers – which has been largely ignored for many years – should be enforced, with possible sanctions to include being suspended from a race.
Hamilton thinks the edict is ridiculous and has taken to turning up for media duties wearing as much jewellery as possible. He argued that one nose stud would be particularly difficult to remove and that led to a series of medical exemptions being granted for previous Grands Prix.
