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Brazil to use mix of grid boys and girls at Interlagos

Brazil will debut a world's first this weekend by mixing the traditional Formula 1 grid girls with an equal number of grid boys. F1 drivers including Sebastian Vettel earlier this year admitted their displeasure that the usual grid girls in Monaco had all been replaced by male models. It followed the total banning of grid girls at the fabled Le Mans. On Wednesday, the new and admittedly 'modern' approach taken by organisers of the Brazilian grand prix became clear, when both female and male models rehearsed on the Interlagos grid. 'I'm not for democracy,' F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone smiled to the local Globo, 'but it's good to have both men and women on the grid.' In charge of...
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