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Originally Posted by Mike Harte
Whilst wearing my tin foil hat, I wondered whether this was a cunning plot by someone in the team so as to deflect attention away from BudgetGate!  |
No...... that biscuit goes to Mercedes (or more specificlly the FIA) for the Lewis Hamilton Nose Ring saga.
Lewis was reported to the headmaster for wearing jewellery in the car, namely a nose ring. So Lewis trotted off to tthe Headmasters study and told them he had the nose ring put in after Monza knowing he would have to remove it inline with the no nose ring FIA ruling. However said piercing got infected and so Lewis gave the Head his Medical certificate saying not to remove it until the infection was cleared. Following Lewis's infected nose being inspected by the FIA Doctor he was absolved of the crime... the FIA Doc agreed with the Medical note.
You couldnt make this stuff up... Anyway the FIA doc is amusing. :
https://www.fia.com/sites/default/fi...pendix%20L.pdf
BUT it does not end there..... Mercedes got summoned for submitting an incorrect self scrutineering form. They declared that their car and drivers met all the rules, which Lewis didnt because of not complying with Appendix J Chapter 111 of the FIA rules relating to jewellry. They should have said that their was a medical issue etc.
They got fined $25000 for submitting an erroneous self scrutineering form.
Again worth a read for the Lols
https://www.fia.com/sites/default/fi...ing%20Form.pdf
Is all this non racing fines etc not getting a bit out of hand?