F1 to replace ‘grid girls’ with ‘grid kids’

 Formula One has announced that “grid kids” will be used this season, replacing “grid girls”.

F1’s American owners, Liberty Media, controversially abolished the sport’s long-standing practice of using female models before Grands Prix, denouncing the practice as “at odds with modern-day societal norms”.

The “grid kids” scheme will come into effect at F1’s season-opening race in Melbourne next month. The local participants will be chosen from the junior categories of motor racing.