Sebastian Vettel jokingly warned he would strike if assigned a grid boy at the Brazilian Grand Prix introduced the new idea of mixing male with female grid girls.
"There are grid boys here? I will go on strike! I will have to talk to Bernie Ecclestone about that," joked Vettel prior to the race weekend in Sao Paulo.
And of course the quadruple F1 world champion was duly assigned a grid boy.
Meanwhile, F1's 18-year-old rookie sensation Verstappen, is also no fan of the new grid boy concept, but was luckier at Interlagos.
"I think they should keep it as it was, with fun, happy girls," the young Dutchman told De Telegraaf newspaper.
"Fortunately for my car I had a nice grid girl. I was pretty happy about that. I think they should have a grid boy only if there is a woman in the car," Verstappen added.
It is believed the mixed 'grid boy and girl' concept for Brazil was dreamed up by F1 supremo Ecclestone's wife, Brazilian Fabiana Ecclestone.
She is the owner of Celebrity Coffee, a brand that was written across the chests of the grid boys and girls on Sunday.
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