Defying New F1 Owners, Monaco Grand Prix Keeps Its ‘Grid Girls’

Young female hostesses will be present during next month’s prestigious race.

Grid girls at the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix.

Photographer: Hoch Zwei/Corbis Sport

Leave it to Monaco to defy Formula 1.

In a statement issued on Thursday to F1i.com, Michel Boeri, president of the Automobile Club de Monaco, said so-called “grid girls” will be present on the starting line during the Monaco Grand Prix next month, apparently the result of a deal.