MONTE CARLO, Monaco -- Lewis Hamilton has moved to clarify comments he made on Wednesday in response to the news that female promotional models will be returning to the grid for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.
Formula One insists the use of male and female models promoting race sponsor Tag Heuer does not constitute a return of 'grid girls', which the sport stated it would no longer use at the start of the year. The models will be present on the grid to take pictures of the drivers and relay messages from the sport's fans, but will not hold placards with driver numbers as they have done in previous years.