FIA president breaks silence on Lewis Hamilton being banned from Monaco Grand Prix

“You can’t let people off because they are your friends. There has to be one rule for all, and that’s that.” He added: “I love jewellery.

“I absolutely love it. But in the car there can be no choice. People say they (the rules) haven’t been implemented before. Don’t ask me why not.

“People can ask the old regime why that is the case.”

F1 returns to Europe next week for the Spanish Grand Prix where all eyes will once again be on Hamilton and whether he will have removed his nose piercing.