Lights Out: Grid girls' exit upsets Vettel, but bigger changes could be near

Lights Out: Grid girls' exit upsets Vettel, but bigger changes could be near

Originally written by Joas van Wingerden. This version is a translation.

Tuesday 3 April 2018 10:00

Perhaps the lack of grid girls at the Australian Grand Prix explained Sebastian Vettel's sluggish start. Baffled at the lack of a beauty in front of his Ferrari, it took the scent of victory to finally bring him to his senses. It's lights out for Tuesday morning!

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It seems drivers were just as angry as some fand and Beernie Ecclestone that grid girls will no longer be featured in Formula 1.

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The absence of models at the start of grands prix is just one of a few 2018 features baffling the Melbourne race-winner.

Next on the agnde for Vettel and everyone else is the Bahrain Grand Prix - where the German won last year.

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Many eyes will be on Haas in Bahrain after their promising Australian Grand Prix ended in double DNF and accusations of cloning the 2017 Ferrari.

"It's the same thing every time we are fast and it was the same thing last year," Romain Grosjean has said.

F1 weekends could look VERY different in the near future, with Liberty Media proposing an introduction of Saturday sprint races.

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