Lewis Hamilton ‘uncomfortable’ as FIA members fail to wear masks at briefing

Lewis Hamilton qualified fifth for the third round of the new season (Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/AP)

Lewis Hamilton said he felt uncomfortable after members of Formula One’s ruling body failed to wear face masks during a drivers’ briefing for Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix.

F1’s new race director Niels Wittich chaired a two-hour meeting at Melbourne’s Albert Park on Friday night where he announced a clampdown on jewellery and insisted on fireproof underwear.