This week's women episode is on Grid Girls, a widely beloved yet slightly dodgy aspect of vintage Formula 1. We will be focusing on how and why grid girls disappeared from the F1 grid, and what wider social implications this phenomenon had.



SOURCES:
Why
Were F1 Grid Girls Banned? Will They Make A Much Sought Comeback? -
EssentiallySports
Formula
1 to stop using grid girls
Grid
Girls Are Out of Formula One. Or Are They? - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
The
History of the Grid Girl — The Austin Grand Prix
I
ran the grid girls off the F1 track — interview with Ellie Norman, F1’s first
female executive (driving.co.uk)

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