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Russia hopes for grid girls return in 2019

Oct.15 Organisers of the Russian grand prix negotiated with Liberty Media in order to dodge the F1 owners' new-in-2018 ban on 'grid girls'. Spectators and viewers of the recent race at Sochi will have noticed that, notwithstanding the sweeping ban, grid girls were prominent in Russia. "I think Liberty Media's decision was strange and a shock to many," Sochi race organiser Sergei Vorobyov told Russia's Sport-Express. "The auto industry has long been associated and is still associated with beautiful girls. "From our side we immediately talked to Liberty Media. Firstly from a safety position we believe it is dangerous to have children on the starting grid. And second,...
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