Charlie Whiting was a uniquely important figure in F1 and the tragedy of his untimely death touched everyone in the sport, writes Dieter Rencken.
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Ecclestone on Whiting: ‘I don’t know what they’ll do without him’
2019 F1 season
Posted onFormer Formula 1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone says he can’t imagine what the sport will do without its long-serving race director Charlie Whiting, who died today.
Charlie Whiting, 1952-2019
2019 F1 season
Posted onCharlie Whiting, who has passed away at the age of 66, began his F1 career as a mechanic and rose to a unique position of authority in the sport.
FIA F1 race director Charlie Whiting dies
2019 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 race director Charlie Whiting has died at the age of 66, three days before the opening race of the new season.
Ricciardo: Fair for Vettel to get same penalty as me
2018 United States Grand Prix
Posted onRicciardo said Vettel’s penalty for speeding under red flag conditions is fair, on the basis of his own penalty in Australia.
New kerbs at COTA in response to Verstappen’s corner-cutting
2018 F1 season
Posted onResponses have been planned to prevent repeats of track limits abuses involving Max Verstappen and Nico Hulkenberg in races last year.
Ten best… McLaren-Ferrari rows
Posted onThe espionage scandal may be the biggest row between the two giants of Formula 1, McLaren and Ferrari, but it’s certainly not the first. No, these two have been going at it for over three decades. Here’s ten of their earlier scraps.