Waking up in Europe to the news of Charlie Whiting passing was an enormous shock, how it feels in the stunned paddock is quite surreal according to our man in Melbourne Ben Stevens covering the season-opening Australian Grand Prix for us. The loss to Formula 1 is massive and catches the FIA and Liberty Media on the backfoot as they have no real understudy to slip into the big shoes that Charlie filled. The understudy they were once grooming, Laurent Mekies now wears the red of Ferrari. But that's for them to sort out and hopefully, they realise his role should not is not a one-man show and perhaps the stress and duress of the position Charlie held contributed to the sudden passing of an...
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