Millionaire wears same clothes for two consecutive days

We have all been there - you buy a new item of clothing which you love and the temptation is to wear it all the time. Lewis Hamilton invested in a nice new suit for his big day in court on Monday, but he has not yet been able to part company with it. The McLaren driver turned up to corporate events in Singapore yesterday in exactly the same outfit minus his tie. Casual.

Grid Crasher cannot be certain at this early stage whether Hamilton is doubling the suit up a pair of pyjamas, but we will let you know as soon as we have confirmation. We can only hope he has a good trouser press in his Singapore hotel. Do not be surprised to see him racing in these clothes on Sunday.

McLaren star denied seven point lead at Paris hearing

Despite laying the verbal smackdown on Ferrari lawyer Nigel Tozzi QC, Lewis Hamilton has lost his appeal to rescind the 25 second time penalty he incurred in Spa:

“Article 152 of the International Sporting Code states that drive-through penalties are ‘not susceptible to appeal’,” the FIA said in a statement.

“Having heard the explanations of the parties, the court has concluded that the appeal is inadmissible.”

Hamilton, who has now arrived in Singapore ahead of this weekend’s night race, will be massively disappointed by the outcome which leaves him just one point clear in the Driver’s Championship.

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McLaren star’s hidden weapon

Ever wondered where Lewis Hamilton gets the pace to scythe through the Formula One field even when he has messed up in qualifying? You probably though it was because he had a quicker car than most of the other drivers, but you would be wrong. Grid Crasher can exclusively reveal that the reason for Hamilton’s speed around the track is his turbo-charged ears.

We got a rare glimpse of the turbo ears as he revved up to go into court for his appeal in Paris. Normally hidden beneath his helmet, the twin turbo were clearly glowing when Hamilton was snapped outside court yesterday.

Lewis sticks it to the man

McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton took a swipe at a Ferrari lawyer during the appeal hearing against the 25-second time penalty he received in the Belgian Grand Prix. Hamilton was under cross-examination when he decided Nigel Tozzi QC, representing Ferrari, was getting a bit too big for his Prada loafers.

“Are you a racing driver? No,” said Hamilton. “I have been a racing driver since I was eight years old and I know pretty much every single manoeuvre in the book. We are talking about a skilled driver under intense pressure making a split-second decision which no one, not unless they are in Formula One, can comprehend.”

Briton could have unlikely saviour in Vitantonio Liuzzi

Lewis Hamilton´s appeal against the 25-second time penalty he was handed after the Belgian Grand Prix has begun in Paris. Although the McLaren man was in attendance he was not required on the first day of the hearing. Instead it was left to McLaren´s barrister Mark Philips QC to prove that the appeal was admissable.

Philips argued that the appeal should be heard because an appeal about whether or not Vitantonio Liuzzi should have been handed a 25-second time penalty for passing Adrian Sutil under yellow caution flags at last season´s Japanese Grand Prix was heard. Appeals against time penalties are not normally heard.