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Carey defends grid girls move

Amidst the continuing row over Formula One's decision to do away with grid girls and replace them with grid kids, perhaps our old friend, former McLaren communications boss, Matt Bishop, sums it up best. 'Here's a tip from an experienced #F1 PR man (moi),' he tweeted earlier this week following F1's announcement that it was to adopt the practice of using grid kids. 'If you'd announced this BEFORE letting it be known that #gridgirls had been axed, you'd have copped a lot less grief than you did. #JustSayin.' And as former grid girls dismiss claims that they were used and objectified, not to mention being put out of work at the behest of others, mostly women, the sport does appear to have...
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