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Tributes pour out for 'irreplaceable' Charlie Whiting
The death of 'irreplaceable' FIA F1 race director Charlie Whiting has cast a big shadow over the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship season-opening Australian Grand Prix weekend in Melbourne. Whiting, who carried out a wide range of duties at the pinnacle of the sport, died on Thursday from a pulmonary embolism in the southern Australian city where he was due to work this weekend. News of the Briton’s death filtered through the paddock at Albert Park on the eve of Friday’s first practice session, with seminal figures from motorsport among those paying tribute. Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton said Whiting was an “iconic figure in the sport” and added, “What he did for the...
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