Formula 1 Formula 1-racedirecteur Charlie Whiting (66) is in Melbourne, three days before the start of the Formula 1 season 2019 in the Australian city, suddenly died of a pulmonary embolism. Reports that the international autosportfederatie FIA in an official statement.
The Brit Whiting began his career in 1977 for the team Hesketh, a British team from 1973 to 1978 and participated in the Formula 1. In the 80s he worked together with the subsequent F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone for the team Brabham. In 1988, he joined the FIA. Whiting was since 1997 racedirecteur.
“Charlie was a key figure in the Formula 1, an inimitable man much for the sport has meant”, replied Jean Todt, president of the FIA. “The Formula 1 will lose in him a charismatic ambassador.”
