The rule, which forms Article 5 of the third chapter of Appendix L from the governing body’s International Sporting Code, was highlighted in the event notes released for the Melbourne event by this event’s race director, Niels Wittich.
The full wording of the rule states: “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.”
The move to highlight the rule to the F1 field ahead of this weekend’s event is not a new clampdown on body piercings or chain jewellery, as it has long been actionable if drivers were to be discovered with them in their cars per the rule’s place in the ISC.
The FIA first instigated what was then described as “an immediate ban on the wearing of jewellery (body piercing and heavy chains) by race and rally competitors” back in 2005, with the rule later adopted into the ISC.
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