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Stewart: Excuse for axing grid girls is baloney
Banning grid girls because it puts women off becoming drivers is 'baloney'; that's according to Sir Jackie Stewart. This season the Formula 1 drivers will line up without grid girls marking their places after Liberty Media decided to axe the ladies. Sean Bratches spoke of the girls being 'at odds with modern day societal norms' while others saying it is undermining. Stewart calls baloney. 'The idea that grid girls put off women drivers is baloney,' said the triple World Champion. 'If a racing team could find a female that’s going to get to the top in Formula 1, boy would they be paying attention. 'They’d be falling over themselves. Formula 1 would love to see a woman. 'If we...
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