Lewis Hamilton has revealed he doesn't use any 'Therapeu🔜tic Use Exemptions' (TUEs) 'at the moment' as controversy grows over whether the system is being abused for athletic gain amongst sportspeople.

A number of high-profile Olympic athletes from Team GB and other nations - including Bradley Wiggiꦰns, Mo Farah and Simone Biles - have been identified as being permitted to use a range of TUEs following a series of hacks from a group calling itself 'Fancy Bears'.

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TUEs allow banned substances to be taken for athletes' verified medical needs - such as asthma - and there is no sug🎶gestion athletes are involved in any wrongdoing.

Howeverꦫ, some experts and competitors have questioned the timing and frequency of some TUEs being used by athletes ar♛ound large competitions, with Tour de France winner Chris Froome suggesting the system is 'open to abuse'.

Though Formula 1 and motorsport has an exceptional record with regard to performance enhancing drug cases, ahead of the Malaysian Gran🐲d Prix Hamilton was asked whether he has ever requested TUEs to trea🔴t conditions as asthma or severe hayfever.

"It's very personal stuff," he said. "I don't have any ꧃TUEs at the moment. I guess really it's because there are benefits to taking these things. If you are a cyclist in which you have to use your lungs, there are lots of things you can inhale to enhance the performance of your lungs.

"It has to go through a controlled governing 𒀰body to make sure you areﷺ not gaining an advantage over the others who are not taking the same things."

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However, the Briton says he would be surprised if TUEs offer up any potential perfor𝄹mance advantage behind the wheel but says he doesn't think it is against the rules eith💧er.

"It's not an unfair thing, it's a perfectly normal thing. I don't know what the scenario is for him, but that's what you have to go through. As long as they give you the exemption.

"I'd have to investigate it [if TUEs could help drivers]," he continued. "I would imagine if you were t🥃o really look into it there would be something that could really speed up your reaction maybe, but I don't know if that would really be positive or beneficial. That's abou🌠t it."

F1 drivers are subject 🤡to the same rigours testing measures as stipulated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which in🍌cludes informing the body of their whereabouts at all times to allow for random testing.

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