PARIS (AP) ''Grid kids'' are replacing ''grid girls'' in Formula One as the motorsport series makes changes ahead of the new season. F1 says youngsters from motorsport clubs, who are already ...

FORMULA One will use grid kids in 2018 after the sport decided to stop using grid girls before races. Deals of ... the elite of the elite in motorsport, to be ... lane walk ahead of the Italian GP.

For Melissa James, becoming a Formula One “grid girl” was the pinnacle of her career. James grew up watching motorsports, so working at the world-class race was a dream come true. But it was ...

We don’t believe the practice is appropriate or relevant anymore, official says Grid girls line up for the pit lane walk ahead of the Italian Formula One Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale ...

Grid kids will replace the grid girls in Formula One racing. F1 plans to use young racing drivers during the pre-race ceremonies, allowing national motorsport bosses to choose the kids "on merit ...

Formula 1 is to replace 'grid girls' with a new programme called 'grid kids' this season. F1 bosses plan to use budding racing drivers "to make the pre-race ceremony more relevant and interesting ...

Formula 1 has announced it is to stop the use of ‘walk-on grid girls’, effective from the first race of the 2018 world championship season. That’s the Australian GP.

Formula One will swap its recently scrapped grid girls program with grid kids, a move that will incorporate youth competitors as mascots in a bid to boost its popularity among its young followers.