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Herbie Blash to step down

FIA reveals that Deputy Race Director, Herbie Blash, is to step down at the end of the year. A 50-year veteran of Formula One, Michael 'Herbie' Blash began his Grand Prix career in 1965 working with privateer Lotus entrant Rob Walker. In 1968 he was employed by Lotus where he became race engineer to Jochen Rindt. In 1972 he moved to Brabham where he became team manager, a post he would hold until 1988. Following a period as Sporting Director with Brabham in the early '90s he then moved to Yamaha as Sporting Director. In 1996 he became the FIA Deputy Race Director in Formula One, a role he has fulfilled without fail ever since. The role of F1 Deputy Race Director will be taken on by Laurent...
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