Saudi officials now withdraws earlier dress code for GP event
Nov.1 - Saudi Arabian authorities have performed a swift "U-turn" on a female dress code that was circulated among Formula 1 teams ahead of the first Jeddah street race.
A recent email from Saudi race officials indicated that women will need to be careful about how much skin they expose in the Arabian kingdom when they visit for the forthcoming event in December.
But according to the Times of London, the Saudi sports ministry are now saying there will be no such restrictions on women, or men who were reportedly warned against wearing shorts.
A new communique to teams now says the dress code was more about ensuring a "warm welcome" than an instruction about what personnel can wear, including tight clothing and excessive makeup.
"The ministry of sports has stressed there will be no dress code at the circuit (or) any public places in Jeddah," it reads.
"This applies to everyone, regardless of gender," the new communique from the Saudi organisers continues, adding that visitors should nonetheless respect the "cultural sensitivities of Saudi Arabia".
La Gazzetta dello Sport believes the about-face was due to negative publicity that followed the original dress code, which was leaked by a Formula 2 team manager.
"The clarification reads almost as a response to fake news, but has all the air of backtracking given the delay of almost two weeks between now and the publishing of the (leaked) screenshots," the Italian newspaper added.
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Bullshit at its finest, f1 wear what you like , its just the rest of the population we want to brutally control, this should please Blondie and Hamster, expect some outrageous clothes from the the titled one and his gf now .
I just read that they are allowing grid girls in bikinis. Bernie spoke with MBS.
Good move. Bahrain & Abu Dhabi have never had a dress code for attendees, so neither should any other Arabian Peninsula/Gulf region location.
woohoo. Guess Blondie's pops (or brother) didn't say she could attend?
Serena and The Stallion can now show their fat asses on the grid and ignore F1 legend Martin Brundle again. WTF?
Minor disagreement, IMO The Horsepig ignored him but Tennisfats was gonna' clock him. Can't wait for the Miami gridwalk. Dolphins cheerleaders doing lap dances? Long ways from the royalty greetings at Monaco.