Formula One will have no female models parading on the starting grid this season but will still be a sport of "glamour and mystique", according to chairman and chief executive Chase Carey. The American, who replaced octogenarian Bernie Ecclestone as supremo last year, told newspaper reporters that he personally would have retained the use of the models to hold up the drivers' numbers before the race. However he accepted that others had different views. Formula One announced last week that it was ending the use of walk-on models because the custom "does not resonate with our brand values and clearly is at odds with modern day societal norms". "I think the reaction...
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