Formula One's race director Charlie Whiting has died at the age of 66
The 66-year-old Whiting was in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix, which kicks off the new Formula 1 season at the weekend.
He had begun his F1 career as part of the Hesketh team, before joining Bernie Ecclestone's Brabham outfit, where he served as the team's chief mechanic during a successful era that saw Nelson Piquet win the World Drivers' Championship in both 1981 and 1983.He had been the motorsport series' race director since 1997. FIA president Jean Todt described Whiting as"a central and inimitable figure in Formula One who embodied the ethics and spirit of this fantastic sport.
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