Formula 1 to stop using grid girls

[Duece]

Formula 1 will end the long-standing practice of using walk-on grid girls, commencing with the start of the 2018 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season. These changes also apply to our other motorsports series that take place during the Grands Prix weekends.

Formula 1 considers the time spent by teams and drivers on the grid before a race as one of celebration, where guests and various performers can add to the glamour and spectacle of the Grand Prix, enabling promoters and partners to showcase their countries and products.

“Over the last year we have looked at a number of areas which we felt needed updating so as to be more in tune with our vision for this great sport," said Sean Bratches, Managing Director, Commercial Operations at Formula 1.

"While the practice of employing grid girls has been a staple of Formula 1 Grands Prix for decades, we feel this custom does not resonate with our brand values and clearly is at odds with modern day societal norms. We don’t believe the practice is appropriate or relevant to Formula 1 and its fans, old and new, across the world.”

The new F1 season begins on March 25 with the 2018 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2018/1/formula-1-to-stop-using-grid-girls-.html

 

[Duece]

This is sort of funny because compared to American cheerleaders the average Formula One grid girl is rather covered up plus I thought it was interesting to go to all the different country and see the different types of women.

 

[SamSneed]

Oh well, back to hoein

 

[smz]

The actual models that used to do this will be pissed. I know a few who have done this and they LOVED formula one weekend

 

[Naha-Nago]

Oh well, back to hoein

The actual models that used to do this will be pissed. I know a few who have done this and they LOVED formula one weekend

Watch they asses get sued for gender discrimination and slut shaming because no good deed goes unpunished.

*two cents*

 

[Mt. Yukon]

Still moving forward with that ugly ass halo that no F1 fans, old or new were wanting. Or drivers for that matter... Yeah ok...

 

[sammyjax]

Them hoes won't like that
Say what say what

 

[zuluking]

they just trying to be politically correct , and not be seen as sexiest

 

[footloose]

Why. Is it this me too movement shit. Fukin up the game. What's the point in having power of you can't use it. That's the game. Birches claim the pussy is there power and use it to there fullest potential. The game flips in them and the. It's a problem. So should that go for them too. Stop abusing ur power ladies.

 

[GAMETHEORY]

they rarely use black women...

 

[Knuckles666]

Pandora’s box is slowly opening.....

 

[850credit]

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders...America's Team...how long before the tide mounts against cheerleaders at games?

LA Laker girls
HEAT Dancers
Etc

 

[knightmelodic]

Man, F1 is getting harder and harder to take seriously anymore. No girlies, that dumbass halo, little whiny engines, no passing...smh.

I miss the days when buck shot was raining in the pits.

Goddamn I miss Group C.

 

[jack walsh13]

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders...America's Team...how long before the tide mounts against cheerleaders at games?

LA Laker girls
HEAT Dancers
Etc

Same thing I was thinking. This politically correct shit sucks.

 

[furlough]

but da-hoez gotta eat too

 

[Shadow22]

Its all coming home to roost. Give me the old engine's in Formula 1.

 

[Naha-Nago]

Man, F1 is getting harder and harder to take seriously anymore. No girlies, that dumbass halo, little whiny engines, no passing...smh.

I miss the days when buck shot was raining in the pits.

Goddamn I miss Group C.

I'm not a Formula 1 fam but can you explain the highlighted...

I'm curious to understand what I missed.

*two cents*

 

[knightmelodic]

I'm not a Formula 1 fam but can you explain the highlighted...

I'm curious to understand what I missed.

*two cents*

If you're not a fan then you may not be aware of the history of F1 so it would be a lengthy explanation but I'll try to keep it short.

Next season they're "experimenting with a "halo" over the (drivers) cockpit for "safety reasons" never mind the fact that no driver has died from rollovers in decades.
Here's what it looks like - the black wishbone looking thing.

F1 has always been an open-wheeled, open cockpit sport. Nobody likes the halo. Nobody. And there's really no reason for it.
(Jules Bianci death was a freak accident and a halo wouldn't have helped at all)

As little as 5 years ago engines sounded like, well, engines. At the track when they started up it sounded like a jet airplane getting ready for business. The smells were awesome and you needed earplugs. In Montreal you could hear them from downtown. Even farther back, in the V-10 Ford/Cosworth days you couldn't even hear people talking they were so loud. It was great. Now they sound like Toyota Camrys. They're small and turboed to produce plenty of power but they just whine, they don't scream anymore which is sad.

Because of the formula, which is really dictated by greed, it's incredibly expensive to enter a winning car(s), therefore the same teams are always at the top: Ferrari, Mercedes, Red Bull (although they're relatively new). Smaller, less well financed teams can't afford to develop their own technology so they have to buy their engines from Ferrari or Mercedes (used to be Renault, now Honda, but Honda engines are terrible so far), anyway, you can see how with only 3 or so engine suppliers the chances of anybody bringing in some radical tech are pretty much zero.
This all leads to -> cars being very unequal. Which means you have basically a parade with the faster cars leading and each slower car following based on quality. Also, the circuits are not conducive to passing even if there was an opportunity.

I've seen many people write about what's wrong with F1, a quick google should find you some and youtube classic F1 to see what it used to be like.

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

lol all it does it put these women out of a job
wonder how they feel about all of this probably not good

 

[Duece]

If you're not a fan then you may not be aware of the history of F1 so it would be a lengthy explanation but I'll try to keep it short.

Next season they're "experimenting with a "halo" over the (drivers) cockpit for "safety reasons" never mind the fact that no driver has died from rollovers in decades.
Here's what it looks like - the black wishbone looking thing.

F1 has always been an open-wheeled, open cockpit sport. Nobody likes the halo. Nobody. And there's really no reason for it.
(Jules Bianci death was a freak accident and a halo wouldn't have helped at all)

As little as 5 years ago engines sounded like, well, engines. At the track when they started up it sounded like a jet airplane getting ready for business. The smells were awesome and you needed earplugs. In Montreal you could hear them from downtown. Even farther back, in the V-10 Ford/Cosworth days you couldn't even hear people talking they were so loud. It was great. Now they sound like Toyota Camrys. They're small and turboed to produce plenty of power but they just whine, they don't scream anymore which is sad.

Because of the formula, which is really dictated by greed, it's incredibly expensive to enter a winning car(s), therefore the same teams are always at the top: Ferrari, Mercedes, Red Bull (although they're relatively new). Smaller, less well financed teams can't afford to develop their own technology so they have to buy their engines from Ferrari or Mercedes (used to be Renault, now Honda, but Honda engines are terrible so far), anyway, you can see how with only 3 or so engine suppliers the chances of anybody bringing in some radical tech are pretty much zero.
This all leads to -> cars being very unequal. Which means you have basically a parade with the faster cars leading and each slower car following based on quality. Also, the circuits are not conducive to passing even if there was an opportunity.

I've seen many people write about what's wrong with F1, a quick google should find you some and youtube classic F1 to see what it used to be like.

The Halo actually looks good on the more futuristic Formula E car.





So the FIA is going to require the halo for all single seaters?

I wonder if IndyCar is going to follow suit and introduce a halo. I know the FIA has no control over what IndyCar does with it's cars but the FIA does run checks on the tracks they race on, as well as the fire suits and helmets.

 

[Duece]

Average Formula One Grid Girls


Average American Cheerleaders



Nobody is making Grid Girl Porno-Parodies, the grid girls look like hostesses and the cheerleaders are obviously there to look overly sexy.

 

[knightmelodic]

The Halo actually looks good on the more futuristic Formula E car.





So the FIA is going to require the halo for all single seaters?

I wonder if IndyCar is going to follow suit and introduce a halo. I know the FIA has no control over what IndyCar does with it's cars but the FIA does run checks on the tracks they race on, as well as the fire suits and helmets.

Formula E is boring as hell. A pit stop for battery change? lol. The cars do look nice tho. But as an old time F1 head I just hate the halos and the weird formula.
idk if FIA wants it for all open-cockpit cars. If that's the case imagine 1600's with halos? Shit is ridiculous.
Indy has more concern I guess because of that incident at Pocono.

 

[Duece]

Formula E is boring as hell. A pit stop for battery change? lol. The cars do look nice tho. But as an old time F1 head I just hate the halos and the weird formula.
idk if FIA wants it for all open-cockpit cars. If that's the case imagine 1600's with halos? Shit is ridiculous.
Indy has more concern I guess because of that incident at Pocono.

Honestly I don't think a halo was going to save Justin Wilson, because it seemed to come down directly on the top of his head

 

[Naha-Nago]

lol all it does it put these women out of a job
wonder how they feel about all of this probably not good

The fear of a radical feminist response is putting women out of work....

Incredible.

*two cents*

 

[bgbtylvr]

Their come up has been crushed. Bitches gotta actually chase their saviors the old fashioned way.

 

[knightmelodic]

Honestly I don't think a halo was going to save Justin Wilson, because it seemed to come down directly on the top of his head

idk, it might have but I've seen all kinds of accidents and whatever safety stuff they put in somehow they always seem to happen. What I don't like is it's no longer open cockpit. It's like prototype racing now. F1 should be open - period.
The drivers hate it because their worse fear is fire. I know you know their fuel burns invisible so they have to be able to get out because crews might not see it burning.

 

[Lexx Diamond]

#MAGA

 

[phanatic]

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders...America's Team...how long before the tide mounts against cheerleaders at games?

LA Laker girls
HEAT Dancers
Etc

Dallas fans would be more upset about that than the anthem.

 

[illdog]

WTF...mf's are already scared to look at ass, let alone ask for it..can't even fuck a drunk/high chick with video and signed waiver.

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

The fear of a radical feminist response is putting women out of work....

Incredible.

*two cents*

Yup are they going to be able to depend on them for a stipend now that their jobs are over or nah?

 

[KingFoo]

What's next? Cheerleaders and models between rounds in combat sport?

 

[gdatruth]

didn't realize this was a thing
I wonder how American sports would react to cheerleader being phased out

 

[Duece]

This shit has made ESPN... A fucking global sport with some of the highest paid sportsmen and it makes ESPN for damn grid girls.

 

[SamSneed]

Its all coming home to roost. Give me the old engine's in Formula 1.

Shut up coon

 

[GAMETHEORY]

next stop will be STRIP CLUBS