How activists are bringing gender equality to the Formula 1 racetrack

Jun 27, 2019

Formula One grid girls wait to enter the pit lane after the third practice session for the first Indian F1 Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi October 29, 2011. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (INDIA - Tags: SPORT MOTOR RACING) - LM2E7AT1D7701

Protesters, most of them male, demand the return of Formula 1 ‘grid girls’ Image: REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Anna Tippett

Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology, University of Hertfordshire

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