are glamorous girls essential to motorsport? - Page 4

BobHWS · 20 Jun 2005, 02:52 (Ref:1333971)

After watching today's F1 "race"

on TV, I feel that we need the association of glamorous girls with motorsports (especially F1) more than ever.

In fact, I think it would be a good idea to randomly select some of the ladies from the links below and use them to replace all the butt-headed male managers of FOM and the FIA. I'm sure that they could do at least as good a job as the current management of the sport.

Montreal F1 Babes of 2005

Montreal F1 Fashion and Lingerie Babes of 2005

chezza · 20 Jun 2005, 07:13 (Ref:1334143)

Look I do not have a problem with grid girls...if they are there they are there, if they aren't they aren't...i'm easy either way.

I just do not think that they are essential to motorsport, whereas some people on here seem to think that the whole sport will colapse without them.

Suze · 20 Jun 2005, 14:02 (Ref:1334544)

Grid girls aren't essential, but sometimes they can benefit the sport.

Sheila M · 20 Jun 2005, 15:17 (Ref:1334647)

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Originally Posted by Suze

Grid girls aren't essential, but sometimes they can benefit the sport.

How?

mark_l · 20 Jun 2005, 15:24 (Ref:1334661)

The media photographers love them and as most of the girls have some kind of sponsors name on their clothing, then the sponsor is happy with the publicity.

Sheila M · 20 Jun 2005, 15:30 (Ref:1334670)

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Originally Posted by mark_l

The media photographers love them and as most of the girls have some kind of sponsors name on their clothing, then the sponsor is happy with the publicity.

So why don't we see them at the "clubbie" meetings as well, then? Surely if the reasoning behind grid girls is to create some kind of revenue or interest in motorsport in general, they would be better employed at a decent race meeting with full grids? And, it would solve the problem of not enough startline marshals to grid the cars up!

Suze · 20 Jun 2005, 15:41 (Ref:1334681)

Mark said what I would have replied to you Sheila....

Now, without wishing to get into a clubbie v BF3 etc debate, personally I see club racing as very different to say BTCC / F3. Yes, we need club racing but it's the BTCC / F3 racing etc which gets more media coverage and therefore more advertisments hence why grid girls etc are seen there.

Sheila M · 20 Jun 2005, 16:06 (Ref:1334730)

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Originally Posted by Suze

Mark said what I would have replied to you Sheila....

Now, without wishing to get into a clubbie v BF3 etc debate, personally I see club racing as very different to say BTCC / F3. Yes, we need club racing but it's the BTCC / F3 racing etc which gets more media coverage and therefore more advertisments hence why grid girls etc are seen there.

I still think it's sex discrimination though

I mean, the girls may be nice for the blokes to leer at but what about us women? All we've got to ogle are the drivers!

And being serious for a moment - having glamorous girls might suggest that motorsport is glamorous too. It might have been once when motorsport was the domain of extremely rich gentlemen. Motorsport isn't glamorous - ask any mechanic who's been up for 48 hours replacing the engine/bodywork/whatever on a race car.

Suze · 20 Jun 2005, 16:13 (Ref:1334745)

There's more drivers to ogle than there are grid girls!

Grid girls don't always make motorsport "glamorous" - they're not to everyone's taste, and some may be described in derogatory terms anyway. I don't think they take away from motorsport the hard work and hours that mechanics etc put in and in this country, motorsport isn't glamorous imo. For me, it's more "glamorous" when I go ten minutes down the road to Beaufort Polo Club than it is when I go to Thruxton etc!

Sheila M · 20 Jun 2005, 16:20 (Ref:1334759)

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Originally Posted by Suze

There's more drivers to ogle than there are grid girls!

Yeah, but they're usually covered up in several layers of Nomex!

Suze · 20 Jun 2005, 16:24 (Ref:1334764)

Depends on the driver and level of thickness of Nomex, and how tight the velcro round the waist thingy is....! Or if they're in their own clothes too.

Sheila M · 20 Jun 2005, 16:33 (Ref:1334776)

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Originally Posted by Suze

Depends on the driver and level of thickness of Nomex, and how tight the velcro round the waist thingy is....! Or if they're in their own clothes too.

I must be getting old! I hadn't considered any of those factors

Either that or I see far too many drivers in the pit lane anyway and I'm just getting blase about it all

Grandslammer · 20 Jun 2005, 16:33 (Ref:1334777)

Steady on girls...I know it's hot outside!!

Suze · 20 Jun 2005, 16:34 (Ref:1334778)

Sorry Grandslammer!

Re my previous post.....it wasn't supposed to sound dirty, more a casual observation which came across slightly not as clear!

Sheila M · 20 Jun 2005, 16:42 (Ref:1334784)

Sorry Grandslammer!

Grandslammer · 20 Jun 2005, 16:59 (Ref:1334801)

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Originally Posted by Sheila M

Sorry Grandslammer!

No need to apologise girls

Carry on if you like

Suze · 20 Jun 2005, 17:15 (Ref:1334828)

You were the one encouraging "steady on!"

Grandslammer · 20 Jun 2005, 17:56 (Ref:1334882)

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Originally Posted by Suze

You were the one encouraging "steady on!"

Fair enough...Apologies accepted.

Sheila M · 20 Jun 2005, 20:39 (Ref:1335067)

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Originally Posted by Grandslammer

No need to apologise girls

Carry on if you like

Obviously Grandslammer doesn't know me. Someone of my advanced years being referred to as a "girl"? Ooooooh, thank you Grandslammer!

SeaneyC · 20 Jun 2005, 20:40 (Ref:1335070)

Must be that Gaelic charm!

Slippy Diff · 20 Jun 2005, 20:49 (Ref:1335075)

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Originally Posted by Sheila M

So why don't we see them at the "clubbie" meetings as well, then?

The lack of sponsorship lower down the racing order.

Al Weyman · 20 Jun 2005, 20:53 (Ref:1335086)

Well at club meetings the competitors, their helpers and marshalls etc. do it for nothing so why can't the grid girls :-).

Sheila M · 20 Jun 2005, 21:07 (Ref:1335100)

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Originally Posted by Al Weyman

Well at club meetings the competitors, their helpers and marshalls etc. do it for nothing so why can't the grid girls :-).

Good question!

SeaneyC · 20 Jun 2005, 21:44 (Ref:1335143)

What if we get you a sign with a broom on the other end Sheila would you do it? You are a girl now afterall

Suze · 21 Jun 2005, 12:59 (Ref:1335820)

F3 grid girls do it for nothing. You have the embassy girls who do get paid but tend to stand up middle of grid give out goody bags etc, but I don't get paid whoever I do it for nor do many others.

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