Formula 1 will "continue to have pretty girls at races" despite its decision to stop using 'grid girls' for the 2018 season,🎉 according to series CEO and c💙hairman Chase Carey.

F1 annou𝐆nced last week it would no longer feature grid girls as part 💟of its pre-race routine, instead introducing 'grid kids' that would be used to denote each driver's starting position before grands prix.

The decision divided opinion through the motorsport world, but Carey  that while he personally liked having grid girls ahead oꦆf races, the call was made with the fans 𓆏in mind.

"I think the reaction has been what we expected. Unsurprisingly, many long-term fans view it as part of the sport they grew up w෴ith and I res💫pect that," Carey said.

“If you just left it up to me, personally, I like the grid girls. But it’s not a decision fo😼r me, it’s a deꦉcision for fans.

"I recognise that many of the grid girls were proud to do it and I think that’s great, and ag▨ain, if you left it to me, I liked it.

"And I think what we found is that a number of people anecdotally raised the issue, and as I went around what I found was there was a mea🌜ningful segment that found it.

"I don’t know whether offensive is too strong, but [they] found it exploitative or did not find it appropriate for th🍌🦹e world we live in today."

F1's announcement only made mention of grid girls and not models used for other promotional activities in the paddock, with Carey confirming there w🔜ould s൲till be some kind of presence at races.

"We’re going to maint🥃ain glamour. We’re going to continue to have pretty girls at r🌊aces," Carey said.

"I think it’𓆉s part of life, and it’s a part of what makes our sport special.

“It is a sport of glamour and of mystique. But I think you have to continꦯue to evolve.

"In today’s world, there are ob🐈viously different sensitivities to 10 or 12 years ago. I don’t think you can just be stubborn."