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Formula 1 mourns the passing of a superfan
It's been a sad few days for motorsport following the passings of Murray Walker and Sabine Schmitz, but F1's fan community was also hit hard on Wednesday with the news that its most impassioned member, Charaf Eddin, had succumbed to cancer. Charaf became blind around the age of 20, but the unfortunate hardship never dampened his enthusiasm and passion for Formula 1. A familiar figure in the paddock who had befriended many, Charaf would head out and stand trackside on Grand Prix weekends and instinctively follow the action, having memorized every corner of every track visited by F1. The emotional highlight of the visually-impaired superfan's experience in F1 came when he was offered - much...
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