On the grid girls issue, I can see that brands and sponsors are terrified of being on the wrong side of the #MeToo campaign, even if there's no real relationship. Of course it's old fashioned, and if Apple deployed a bunch of scantily clad cheerleaders you'd think they'd lost their minds. And yet, it does fit in F1, which in theory thrives on glamor, speed, danger, and excitement.
The assumption by The Guardian, without even bothering to analyse it, that the job is demeaning is also irritating in the extreme. What about models then? Actors? Pop stars?
The decision feels repressive and repressed, and makes the sport and the world a little more boring.
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