FORMULA ONE HAS BEEN PLUNGED INTO MOURNING A DAY AHEAD OF THE OPENING WEEKEND OF THE FIRST RACE OF THE SEASON, THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX....
CHARLIE WHITING, ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSONS IN MOTORSPORT, PASSED AWAY
THIS MORNING IN MELBOURNE AFTER A PULMONARY EMBOLISM....
THE 66-YEAR-OLD WAS THE HEAD OF FORMULA 1 FOR MOTORSPORT GOVERNING BODY FIA AND WAS THE OFFICIAL STARTER AS WELL AS THE GO-TO MAN FOR TEAMS ON ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO RACING DURING A GRAND PRIX WEEKEND....
DESPITE PRETTY MUCH RUNNING A RACE BY HIMSELF, INCLUDING CONDUCTING DRIVERS BRIEFINGS AND CERTIFYING CIRCUITS, WHITING'S POPULARITY ACROSS TEAMS WAS DOWN TO HIM BEING APPROACHABLE TO ALL - AND A SENSE OF HUMOUR TO DEFUSE THE MANY CRISIS THAT EMERGE DURING RACES.....
AUSTRALIAN MICHAEL MASI WILL TAKE HIS PLACE AS RACE DIRECTOR, STARTER AND SAFETY DELEGATE THIS WEEKEND....
THE TOP DRIVERS IN THE SPORT PAID TRIBUTE TO WHITING WITHIN HOURS OF HIS DEMISE BECOMING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.....
THE 66-YEAR-OLD WAS THE HEAD OF FORMULA 1 FOR MOTORSPORT GOVERNING BODY FIA AND WAS THE OFFICIAL STARTER AS WELL AS THE GO-TO MAN FOR TEAMS ON ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO RACING DURING A GRAND PRIX WEEKEND....
DESPITE PRETTY MUCH RUNNING A RACE BY HIMSELF, INCLUDING CONDUCTING DRIVERS BRIEFINGS AND CERTIFYING CIRCUITS, WHITING'S POPULARITY ACROSS TEAMS WAS DOWN TO HIM BEING APPROACHABLE TO ALL - AND A SENSE OF HUMOUR TO DEFUSE THE MANY CRISIS THAT EMERGE DURING RACES.....
AUSTRALIAN MICHAEL MASI WILL TAKE HIS PLACE AS RACE DIRECTOR, STARTER AND SAFETY DELEGATE THIS WEEKEND....
THE TOP DRIVERS IN THE SPORT PAID TRIBUTE TO WHITING WITHIN HOURS OF HIS DEMISE BECOMING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.....
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