News Details

Bottas dedicates Australian GP win to Whiting 

Valtteri Bottas has dedicated his Australian Grand Prix victory to Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting, who died days before the 2019 season-opener.  Whiting, who had served as F1’s race director and the sport’s chief safety delegate since 1997 following a career as an engineer at Hesketh and Brabham, died overnight as a result of a pulmonary embolism after arriving at the Melbourne circuit on Wednesday.  Bottas briefly paused the post-race FIA drivers’ press conference on Sunday to pay tribute to the long-serving and respected 66-year-old.  5774263478001 CrashTV:  “I just want to say: thank you Charlie,” Bottas said.  "This win is for Charlie and all his work...
Full Story »
6y ago from Crash.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Bottas dedicates Australian GP win to Charlie Whiting

Valtteri Bottas Australian Grand Prix winner Valtteri Bottas has...
6y ago from SpeedCafe.com

FIA names Masi as Australian GP race director after...

The FIA has announced Michael Masi has been made race director for the...
6y ago from Crash.net

The F1 paddock pays tribute to Charlie Whiting

Australian Grand Prix – There has been an outpouring of sadness and...
6y ago from FormulaSpy.com

F1 pays tribute to Charlie Whiting

Tributes from across the Formula 1 paddock have poured in following the...
6y ago from Crash.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez wins Brno MotoGP Sprint race

Marc Marquez continued his Saturday afternoon dominance with another...

Francesco Bagnaia stuns to take Czech MotoGP pole as...

Francesco Bagnaia stunned the field by taking pole position for the Czech...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Andretti tops Team Penske in IndyCar’s second...

IndyCar took to the streets of Toronto on Saturday morning, turning...
14m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Kyle Kirkwood tops opening IndyCar practice on slick...

IndyCar travels north of the Canadian border this weekend to tackle the...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Sensational Solberg leads Rally Estonia!

It may be just a one-off outing in Toyota Gazoo Racing’s GR Yaris...
21h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: Five players Chelsea could use in a deal to...

Chelsea remain interested in signing Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa, and...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

£20m asking price set: Chelsea star put up for sale...

Chelsea winger Raheem Sterling is reportedly up for sale for just £20m...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

(Photo) Leaked image accidentally confirms another...

Valencia defender Cristhian Mosquera appears to be an Arsenal player, even...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'I'm told…' – Journalist claims two...

Noni Madueke's transfer to Arsenal is now official, and it seems Mikel...
8h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.