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Formula One F1 – United States Grand Prix – Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, U.S. – October 23, 2022 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton walks past cheerleaders ahead of the race REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Formula One F1 – United States Grand Prix – Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, U.S. – October 23, 2022 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton walks past cheerleaders ahead of the race REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
The US Grand Prix was surrounded by drama from the get-go. Aside from the race and all the F1 movie drama, there was another incident that caught the attention of fans around the world.
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The problematic tradition of the F1 track side models, known as the grid girls, was banned in the year 2018. The Managing Director of Operation in F1, Sean Bratches, stated that, “This custom does not resonate with our brand values and clearly is at odds with modern day societal norms.”
However, in Austin, cheerleaders of NFL football teams, the ‘Dallas Cowboys’ and the ‘Houston Texans‘ were present at the grid as they cheered on the drivers in the stands. As this practice contradicts the ban on ‘grid girls’, a lot of fans spoke out. Some against and some in favor of the ‘tradition’.
The Dallas Cowboys cheer squad was present on Friday during the qualifying session. The Houston squad eventually came in on the race day on Sunday at COTA.
This started a dialogue among F1 fans as they debated the merits and demerits of having a cheering squad.
Twitter had a lot to say about the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans cheerleaders squad at the F1 grid
Fans were surprised to find ‘cheerleaders’ on the circuit during race day. Some called it funny, whilst some were furious and urged the United States to ‘stop trying to shove cheerleaders into every fr**king sport’. Here’s what they had to say:
houston texan cheerleaders at F1 ??? is it not football season???? they gave up cheering for texans????? lol same actually
— madyson (@yuneedtukno) October 23, 2022
As a former professional cheerleader can I formally request that the United States stop trying to shove cheerleaders into every freaking sport! F1 doesn't need cheerleaders. Pure ridiculousness. GTFO. #COTA #AustinGP
— Victoria Denault – DAUNTLESS is OUT NOW! (@BooksbyVictoria) October 23, 2022
Am I the only one who thinks that F1 was being hypocritical with doing away with grid girls, but was perfectly fine with cheerleaders at COTA in between Quali sessions?
— Dhruv George (@JibberJabberDG) October 23, 2022
the dallas cowboys cheerleaders at the Austin f1 quali is so funny to me
— Izzie Ramirez (@IzzieRamirez) October 22, 2022
So grid girls are banned, but cheerleaders are fine? Where's logic behind this?#f1 #Formula1 #USAGP
— Bartek Ontrack (@BartekOntrack) October 22, 2022
Replace grid girls with cheerleaders
— ExtremeWetTires (@ExtremeWetTires) October 23, 2022
grid girls = banned
cheerleaders = fine, cos 'merica innit#skyf1 #f1— marc (@ba55bar) October 23, 2022
I love how we circumvent the ban on grid girls by parading the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders every year 👀 😆 #USGP 🇺🇲 #F1 pic.twitter.com/j7DzRttA0p
— WeDGE (@WeDGEinald) October 22, 2022
houston texan cheerleaders at F1 ??? is it not football season???? they gave up cheering for texans????? lol same actually
— madyson (@yuneedtukno) October 23, 2022
we need cheerleaders in f1 every time.
— LOL (@rockstrollmade) October 23, 2022
Was there really just cheerleaders on the circuit mid F1 qualifying????
— Vote Drayton 🗳️ (@DraytonKnowles) October 22, 2022
Cowboys cheerleaders and F1 🔥🔥🔥
— Moh LFC (@Moh__LFC) October 22, 2022
Was there really just cheerleaders on the circuit mid F1 qualifying????
— Vote Drayton 🗳️ (@DraytonKnowles) October 22, 2022
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Cheerleaders and pickup trucks for the driver's parade, you can tell this is the US Grand Prix.#F1 https://t.co/itNYQPWOE6
— Super Grover (@Super_Grover) October 23, 2022
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We’ve come a long way with dismissing traditions that don’t fit the current times. For good reason, most would say. However, some still beg to differ on the subject. There’ll always be a debate on such matters. Where do you stand on having a cheerleader squad in F1?
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