News Details
Teams to support FIA after Whiting death – Steiner
It will be almost 'impossible' for F1 to replace Charlie Whiting. Whiting, the sport's long-serving FIA race director and starter, died suddenly in his Melbourne hotel room on Wednesday night. His deputy, Michael Masi, has been named as his replacement for now. But 1996 world champion Damon Hill said Whiting, who was 66, will be 'extremely difficult if not impossible to replace'. Valtteri Bottas confirmed that Whiting was 'very important' for the sport and the drivers. 'If we had concerns about anything, like the curbs or the marshals or anything, he always reacted. He had a huge impact on formula one,' said the Mercedes driver. 'At the moment it's hard to imagine who can do all of this...
Full Story »
Full Story »
5y ago from ThisIsF1.com
0
You May Also Be Interested In...
Charlie Whiting dies in Melbourne
Charlie Whiting has died in Melbourne. The long-serving FIA race director...
5y ago from ThisIsF1.com
Formula 1 mourns the loss of race director Charlie...
Charlie Whiting, Formula 1's long-serving race director has passed away...
5y ago from F1i.com
F1 rocked by death of Charlie Whiting
Formula One was rocked today by the news that on the eve of the season...
5y ago from Pitpass.com
Whiting passes away on eve of Australian GP
The FIA has confirmed that long-serving race director Charlie Whiting has...
5y ago from GPFans.com
Elsewhere On The Network
Popular On MGPToday.com
Espargaro "burned his hands" as Aprilia heat...
No description available...
14h ago from Motorsport.com
MotoGP opens ticket sales for Barcelona GP with...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
Pirro to ride Di Giannantonio's Ducati in Barcelona GP...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
How costly have sprint mistakes been in Bagnaia’s...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On IndyCarToday.com
Shwartzman makes IndyCar switch with Prema for 2025
No description available...
2d ago from Motorsport.com
Robert Shwartzman announced for PREMA’s second...
PREMA has announced that Robert Shwartzman will pilot one of the two cars...
2d ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Enzo Fittipaldi to run IndyCar test with McLaren later...
Arrow McLaren has announced that it will place Enzo Fittipaldi in one of...
6d ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Enzo Fittipaldi to test with Arrow McLaren this month
No description available...
6d ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On TotalWRC.com
What Lancia needs to do to transform its rally return...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
A Farewell Message from The Checkered Flag
After 15 years of motorsport coverage, TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk announces...
6d ago from TheCheckeredFlag...
Popular On GunnersToday.com
Man United 'handed' major Viktor Gyokeres boost as...
Paris Saint-Germain reportedly drop their interest in Manchester...
13m ago from SportsMole.co.uk
Declan Rice's toe gives Mikel Arteta a headache
Morning all. The news to start the day is that Declan Rice's absence from...
2h ago from Arseblog.com
Exclusive: Championship club set 30m price tag for top...
Sunderland's 17-year-old talent Chris Rigg is a name that is starting to...
3m ago from CaughtOffside.com
“There will be fireworks, wouldn’t surprise me if...
No description available...
3m ago from SportsKeeda.com
Comments
Hottest News
Red Bull announce Perez release ahead of Las Vegas Grand...
Red Bull have made an announcement regarding... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com
F1 News Today: Red Bull announce NEW driver signing as...
Red Bull's junior team have announced the signing... Read More »
2h ago from GPFans.com
Red Bull Racing take Formula 1 back to South Africa after...
There hasn't been a Grand Prix in South Africa... Read More »
53m ago from GPBlog.com
