F1 have publicly announced the end of ‘grid girls’, effective from the start of the next world championship in March. The organisation announced that the change was to mark that they are “at odds with modern-day societal norms”. Does this mark the start of a change in sport? Have F1 started a whole new race… Grid girls are a F1 tradition, though they are not the only sport with outdated cultural norms, boxing have a similar tradition. The girls are models used in promotional […]

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