Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton has been summoned to the Singapore Grand Prix stewards for an alleged breach of the FIA’s International Sporting Code.
The seven-time world champion visited the stewards just over an hour before qualifying at the Marina Bay circuit.
His summons only references an alleged breach of Appendix L, Chapter III of the code.
This is the part that relates to drivers’ equipment including helmets, flame‐resistant clothing, frontal head restraint, safety belts and wearing of jewellery.
It suggests there could be a revival of the jewellery saga that briefly flared up earlier this year.
Hamilton ended up in a stand-off with the governing body amid a sudden clampdown on drivers wearing jewellery in the car and not wearing the required flameproof underwear.
The jewellery rules were the focus where Hamilton was concerned as he had ear and nose piercings.
The ISC states that “the wearing of jewellery in the form of body piercing or metal neck chains is prohibited during the competition and may therefore be checked before the start”.
This is because jewellery can increase heat transmission and the possibility of injuries in the event of a fire.
After a protracted and public saga, which involved Hamilton being given an exemption to keep using one nose stud for several races, Hamilton removed it ahead of the British Grand Prix.
Later on Saturday night, his Mercedes team was also summed for allegedly submitting an “inaccurate self-scrutineering form” for Hamilton.
