Photo by: www.kymillman.com/f1 A dark cloud hangs over the season-opening race in Australia. The shocking news of FIA race director Charlie Whiting’s passing has been a huge impact on the paddock as the FIA scrambles to fill the roles Charlie performed so the weekend’s events can take place. Replacing Charlie is a nearly impossible job because Whiting was as close to indispensable as a person can get. An engineer who loved racing and was a pillar of the entire FIA regulatory process over F1. I will never forget where I was when Charlie passed. I was in the middle of our 2019 season preview event at Pole Position Raceway here in St. Louis and the news broke mid-stream. I was stunned and...
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