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More than one candidate for Whiting's job
Mar.17 There is more than one candidate to replace the late F1 race director Charlie Whiting. In Melbourne, where Whiting passed away in his hotel room in the early hours of Thursday morning, Michael Masi was appointed as his eleventh hour replacement. But Der Spiegel reports that American Scot Elkins, the official deputy race director, only missed out because he was not in Australia. And currently, Elkins cannot go to all of the grands prix, because of his dual role in Formula E. Der Spiegel also reports that Nikolas Tombazis and Peter Bayer are in the running. "It's not easy to do Charlie's job," said Bernie Ecclestone, a long time friend and colleague who was instrumental in...
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