You make it seem like the issue is about professional modelling. I’m arguing that it is not.

Yes, because everyone wants to race against Ferrari in a championship run by Ferrari because Ferrari couldn’t get their way in the current championship. That sounds like a recipe for success.

I don’t put much stock in traditions started by people who felt human life was essentially disposable, as they did in the early days of racing.

What exactly is your problem with being against grid girls? What exactly is it about grid girls you’re in favor of.

So, CART all over again?

F1 and literally everyone else’s reaction:

They should take away the payout regardless. The payout should be going from the rich teams to the poor teams to create a more even playing field... and then get rid of some, just some not all, the regulations regarding how strict the cars must be.

I don’t think Ferrari knows that nobody takes these threats seriously anymore.

the context of the relationship is that he thinks it’s cheating and she doesn’t. that’s why he feels weird about it.

Great ideas, I could get on board with that. I think there is room for everyone.

If a certain attire is turning off enough paying customers, you can bet your life savings that a private (i.e. paid access) beach is going to ban that attire.

That’s a baby/bathwater scenario.

Grid girls have never served a purpose other than to act as objectified stimulation. That’s it. We can and should do better as a society.

That’s a dumb premise to anyone who has ever looked into ambulance usage though. In general, more people take ambulance when they shouldn’t than when they should have. The people who don’t take ambulances when they should take them aren’t going to stop that dumb behavior because Uber exists.

Not only that, there are a people who call for an ambulance when their child is just run-of-the-mill sick, or they have something minor that they’d probably be better off driving to the ER themselves. If Uber can cut down on the number of waste-of-time ambulance rides, that opens the medics up to respond quicker to…

They aren’t necessarily forgoing medical care. Being able to call an Uber and have it actually come get you, as opposed to waiting for a taxi that may-or-may-not come, probably encourages people to go to the hospital sooner, when their condition isn’t as acute. Waiting another couple of hours until they’re desperate…

The amount of girls at karting events is staggering when you compare it to the amount of women in pro motorsports. They are there, and they’re damn good at it. Then suddenly they struggle to make the transition to full cars for political/financial reasons.

It’s because the sport offers truly equal opportunities to both men and women. Motorsport does not. Trust me, on a serious youth kart racing league there are sexist parents, coaches and sponsors that just limit the opportunity for women and the way motorsports is, if you don’t have years of experience as a kid you…

Maybe woman would be more interested if they felt welcomed. Little girls literally said they didn’t think they were allowed to race, so why would they be interested in that?

It happened the same way any mediocre driver continues to get sponsorship: by being very well-connected.

A large part of the issue is that it’s difficult to tell why there is little interest among women and girls. My guess would be that it’s a cultural thing and as a result could be overcome. Biology likely plays a role but for whatever reason it seems to me something that would be fairly small.