Spanish duo reinvent meaning of 'Grid Girl'

By Amit Nathwani

Updated 1201 GMT (2001 HKT) September 11, 2015

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Meet Spanish motorcycle riders Ana Carrasco and Maria Herrera ... Mirco Lazzari gp/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images/file

Herrera was introduced to motorcycles by her father at the age of six. MotoGP

Carrasco holds a message before a race, supporting female motorcycling. She is the first female rider to score points in Moto3. MotoGP

Herrera says that Moto3 was daunting at first, but insists she has received a lot of support from everyone in the paddock. MotoGP

Usually, before a race starts, female models hold umbrellas over the riders on the grid. However, at the 2014 Dutch MotoGP in Assen, Carrasco arrived with a muscular man, causing an amused stir in the paddock. MotoGP

Carrasco believes gender is irrelevant when racing, but suspects men try harder when they're racing her. MotoGP

Both Herrera and Carrasco crashed out during the Moto3 race at Germany's Sachsenring Circuit in Hohenstein-Ernstthal in July. Mirco Lazzari gp/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images

Carrasco was forced to miss the Indianapolis GP because of surgery to her left shoulder, following that crash at the German GP in July. MotoGP

Carrasco's doesn't feel physicality will be an issue --- if she reaches her goal of competing in MotoGP. MotoGP

In 2015, Herrera rides alongside compatriot Isaac Viñales in the Husqvarna Factory Laglisse team. MotoGP

Carrasco is pictured in the pit ahead of the Japanese MotoGP Grand Prix at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Motegi in 2013. TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/AFP/Getty Images