Race queen

In a Grid Girl ( also Race Queen, Pit Babe or umbrella or Paddock Girl ) is defined as a hostess, which is used as an integral part of the track personnel in motorsport for promotional purposes. Their official task is to keep the so-called Starting Grid an umbrella over the driver while working on his car even respectively to present a sign with his race number just before the race start. In addition, they come to the race even at award ceremonies used.

Another typical application is its presence in the automotive and motorcycle exhibitions.

The tradition of the use of hostesses in the pit area goes to the Japanese team of the 1960s back (eg Rosa Ogawa (Japanese小川 ローザ) ).

Considered to be rather low activity during the use of hostesses in the pit area in some European countries and they are covered with pejorative terms such as " pit babes ", for example, the Japanese race queens (レースクイーン, resu Kuin ) highly respected assistants of the race organizers.