Four-time champion Sebastian Vettel recalled the veteran race director being a “driver’s man” and a diplomat. The governing body for international auto racing says its Formula One director Whiting has died from a pulmonary embolism. The FIA issued a statement Thursday, March 14, saying Whiting died in Melbourne, where the season-opening Australian Grand Prix will be raced on Sunday. The governing body for international auto racing says its Formula One director Whiting has died from a pulmonary embolism. The season-opening Australian Grand Prix will be raced here on Sunday, March 17.

Source: thestar March 14, 2019 02:07 UTC