where has this world come to???

where has this world come to???

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cramorra

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1,664 posts

234 months

Wednesday 31st January 2018
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engines that sound like vacuum cleaners,
model athletes rather than the Piques or Hunts or Laudas- so much we needed to get used to but now
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/42890261- I wonder if the sport is truly dead?
Who wants to employ a jobless Grid Girl???

CraigyMc

16,326 posts

235 months

Wednesday 31st January 2018
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cramorra said:
engines that sound like vacuum cleaners,
model athletes rather than the Piques or Hunts or Laudas- so much we needed to get used to but now
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/42890261- I wonder if the sport is truly dead?
Who wants to employ a jobless Grid Girl???
I understand the arguments on both sides.

Ultimately I look at grid girls and think "this is a bad thing to aspire to, for young women". It's not the 1970s any more.

I imagine you'll get the full gamut of opinions on PH.

Gary29

4,131 posts

98 months

Wednesday 31st January 2018
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CraigyMc said:
I understand the arguments on both sides.

Ultimately I look at grid girls and think "this is a bad thing to aspire to, for young women". It's not the 1970s any more.

I imagine you'll get the full gamut of opinions on PH.
Do we ban 'pop' music videos then?

CraigyMc

16,326 posts

235 months

Wednesday 31st January 2018
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Gary29 said:
CraigyMc said:
I understand the arguments on both sides.

Ultimately I look at grid girls and think "this is a bad thing to aspire to, for young women". It's not the 1970s any more.

I imagine you'll get the full gamut of opinions on PH.
Do we ban 'pop' music videos then?
There are pop music videos featuring men, so is your analogy valid?

travel is dangerous

1,853 posts

83 months

Wednesday 31st January 2018
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I'd rather see more women working in the teams (and not just hospitality) and driving the cars, tbh. I think that's a better career/life goal for young people watching f1 than becoming a grid girl.

8V085

670 posts

76 months

Wednesday 31st January 2018
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Will F1 ban ICE's as the next step towards being soooooo and totally in line with 2018+? What about risk, the world doesn't like risk any more since it's a sign of male dominance, when will F1 stop racing?

I freaking knew that that moustache and those eyebrows were not a good sign.

LDN

8,905 posts

202 months

Wednesday 31st January 2018
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As others have said; there’s an argument for both sides of the coin. I get both sides. Personally; I have enough beautiful women in my life... I don’t need to see grid girls; they bring nothing to the equation for me; or many.

amgmcqueen

3,343 posts

149 months

Wednesday 31st January 2018
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They will soon make half the grid female for equality purposes. Won't matter how good a driver they are as long they aren't all 100% nasty men!

8V085

670 posts

76 months

Wednesday 31st January 2018
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amgmcqueen said:
They will soon make half the grid female for equality purposes. Won't matter how good a driver they are as long they aren't all 100% nasty men!
Hey you sexist swine, why do you hate women SO MUCH?

ukaskew

10,642 posts

220 months

Wednesday 31st January 2018
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LDN said:
I don’t need to see grid girls; they bring nothing to the equation for me; or many.
Nail on the head for me. Do they really appeal to that many people?

I'd rather they somehow involved aspiring young karters or something like that, get them involved in the event to really inspire them. The look on some of the kids who lead teams out at football matches is priceless, they'll no doubt remember that forever.



Sheetmaself

5,663 posts

197 months

Wednesday 31st January 2018
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They seem to appeal to the girls who do it, does that count for anything?

Chrisgr31

13,440 posts

254 months

Wednesday 31st January 2018
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They have fixed something that no one really considered broken. My understanding is that the grid girls form a purpose which is to highlight to a driver where their grid spot is, although that job could be done by anyone. In many cases the grid girls are dressed in national costume which is nice to see the national dress. However its unclear what they add to the tv viewer experience as we don't see them. Its the girls who appear at the end of the race on the route to the podium who are really surplus to requirements although I appreciate they are the same girls.

In the meantime the cost of the engines, the distribution of money, the move to pay per view etc is not changed

Vocal Minority

8,582 posts

151 months

Wednesday 31st January 2018
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8V085 said:
amgmcqueen said:
They will soon make half the grid female for equality purposes. Won't matter how good a driver they are as long they aren't all 100% nasty men!
Hey you sexist swine, why do you hate women SO MUCH?
Calm down, you're hysterical


(for the avoidance of doubt that's not a joke - I genuinely think you are wildly over-reacting)

Europa1

10,923 posts

187 months

Wednesday 31st January 2018
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cramorra said:
engines that sound like vacuum cleaners,
model athletes rather than the Piques or Hunts or Laudas- so much we needed to get used to but now
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/42890261- I wonder if the sport is truly dead?
Who wants to employ a jobless Grid Girl???
Good lunch, was it, OP?

cramorra

Original Poster:

1,664 posts

234 months

Wednesday 31st January 2018
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Europa1 said:
Good lunch, was it, OP?
?????

BlimeyCharlie

901 posts

141 months

Thursday 1st February 2018
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I agree with/about "where has this world come to???"

However, if the fastest car is 'on' pole, then that is unfair on the slower cars.

They should all start from pole.

There should not be a podium celebration after the race either. Have it half way through the race, then let the 3 drivers catch up again.

The grid girls should all be smoking. And wearing clothes made of asbestos.






HustleRussell

24,602 posts

159 months

Monday 5th February 2018
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cramorra said:
engines that sound like vacuum cleaners
Where did you get your vacuum cleaner from, I’d love one that sounds like an F1 car?

cramorra said:
model athletes rather than the Piques or Hunts or Laudas
So you’d prefer the drivers to be a bit less fit and perhaps smoke more? Or you’d prefer to look at Piquet or Lauda?

cramorra said:
I wonder if the sport is truly dead?
Wonder no more, watch this space in the coming weeks for 2018 car reveals and pre-season testing!

cramorra said:
Who wants to employ a jobless Grid Girl???
Yes it’s a shame that attractive young women have no skills other than standing about looking pretty isn’t it rolleyes

Chrisgr31 said:
In the meantime the cost of the engines, the distribution of money, the move to pay per view etc is not changed
You may not have heard but they’re down to 3 engines for next season in a supposed effort to reduce costs, it inevitably will reduce cost after the initial development cost is paid for- but more significantly F1 is eyeing a more significant change for 2021 which is under heated discussion. Likewise the distribution of money has already changed and further changes are under negotiation. By ‘the move to pay-per-view’ I presume you mean the launch of the new on demand platform which will enable people all over the world to access F1 as-and-when without subscription? More information and data than ever will be available, and much more widely than ever before. Formula 1 is finally moving into the 21st century and utilising the internet where Ecclestone ignored it.

MitchT

15,788 posts

208 months

Monday 5th February 2018
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My concern is that if the powers-that-be decide something's offensive and ban it, then the next most offensive thing becomes the most offensive thing, and that gets banned next. Repeat ad infinitum until, in a few hundred years, we're all confined in solitude to small, grey, dimly lit padded cells, lest our fragile minds might be corrupted by one of our five senses detecting anything remotely stimulating.

KevinCamaroSS

11,555 posts

279 months

Monday 5th February 2018
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ELUSIVEJIM said:
Perhaps anyone on here agreeing to F1 banning grid girls need to make sure their children are not on the internet at all. Just in case.

That is enough to make me barf! Just cannot see the attraction at all.

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 5th February 2018
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KevinCamaroSS said:
That is enough to make me barf! Just cannot see the attraction at all.
Unfortunately she is followed by millions of teenagers round the World.

But when she does it the state her followers increase.

Crazy.

I might delete the picture as I got into trouble posting a picture of a thong as I thought it looked like the "halo"