Lewis Hamilton ‘was just f*cking with it’ in provocative approach to piercings ban
Lewis Hamilton has admitted he was “just f*cking with it”, regarding his provocative approach to the clampdown on piercings in F1 this year.
At the Australian Grand Prix in April, race director Niels Wittich announced tighter restrictions on the jewellery drivers could wear in the cockpit while on track, citing safety reasons.
Hamilton, renowned for his ‘bling’, thought he specifically was being targeted by the measure, and a stand-off followed between the seven-time former World Champion and the FIA regarding the race weekend from which his piercings would have to be removed.
In the end, the ruling came into effect at July’s British Grand Prix, when汉密尔顿不得不删除他的鼻子螺栓为了避免潜在的种族禁令的威胁。
At the press conference he attended for the Miami Grand Prix in May, Hamilton was clearly making a point of trying to adorn himself with as many items of jewellery as possible.
He has now admitted that was indeed the case – and also that his comment about having a piercing which he could not “really explain where it is” was merely a joke.
汉密尔顿在接受9月号的采访时说：“我只是尽可能多Vanity Fair magazine, referring to the Miami press conference.
And of his comment that he “can’t remove at least two of them – one, I can’t really explain where it is”, he added with a laugh: “I was just f*cking with it.
“I don’t have any other piercings anywhere. But I love that there’s this thinking ‘sh*t, has he got his balls pierced?’”
Really opened up for this one, thank you@VanityFairhttps://t.co/gnG1z0EeLZ
— Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton)August 8, 2022
TheMercedes驾驶员说，他对此事的态度受到对他一生与他的严格规则的不喜欢的影响。
“Since I was a kid…rules,” said the 37-year-old, shaking his head. “I’ve never loved being told what to do. People love to have power and to enforce power.”
Another prominent aspect of Hamilton’s appearance are his variety of tattoos, and he explained the meaning of the body art on his chest that reads ‘Powerful Beyond Measure’.
He explained it had stemmed from a quote by writer Marianne Williamson that reads: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.”
Hamilton explained: “We limit ourselves the majority of the time. And where it really hit me hard is we should never have to dim our light in order to make others feel….”
“如果有的话，我们应该尽可能明亮地发光，以解放他人做同样的事情。我用那句话过着我的生活。一生中，我感觉自己正在变暗，因为我感到不舒服。”
