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Charlie Whiting was born on 12 August 1952 in Sevenoaks, United Kingdom. He was the son of a motor racing enthusiast, and his father was a mechanic. He attended school in Sevenoaks and then went on to study engineering at the University of Sussex. Whiting began his career in motor racing in 1977, when he joined the Hesketh Racing team as a mechanic. He then moved to the Brabham team in 1978, where he worked as a mechanic and then as a chief mechanic. In 1981, he joined the FIA as a technical delegate, and in 1997 he was appointed as the FIA Formula One Race Director. Whiting was responsible for the safety of the drivers and the track, and he was also responsible for the implementation of the rules and regulations of the sport. He was also responsible for the introduction of the safety car, the introduction of the pit lane speed limit, and the introduction of the double-waved yellow flag. Whiting was a popular figure in the Formula One paddock, and he was known for his fairness and his willingness to listen to the drivers. He was also known for his sense of humour and his willingness to help the teams and drivers. Whiting passed away on 14 March 2019, at the age of 66. He was survived by his wife, two sons, and two grandchildren. At the time of his death, Whiting had an estimated net worth of $10 million.

Popular As Charles Whiting
Occupation Motorsports director
Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 12 August 1952
Birthday 12 August
Birthplace Sevenoaks, Kent, England
Date of death March 14, 2019,
Died Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality United Kingdom

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2019

On the morning of 14 March 2019, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, three days before the season opening Australian Grand Prix of the 2019 Formula One season, Whiting suffered a pulmonary embolism and died, aged 66. He predeceased his three children from two marriages.

At the 2019 British Grand Prix, the FIA decided that his son Justin would start the race.

2018

Whiting was known for safety improvements in motorsport, such as the halo, which was credited with preventing Charles Leclerc from suffering serious injury at the 2018 Belgian Grand Prix. He was also responsible for introducing the headrest, safety survival cell, front and side impact structures and high cockpit sides.

2005

During the 2005 United States Grand Prix, Whiting was involved in a controversy caused by the tyres which Michelin had brought to Indianapolis being unsafe to use. Michelin offered either tyres with a new specification to replace its seven customer Formula One teams' equipment or asked Whiting to install a chicane in Turn 13 of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway instead. He refused on the grounds a new specification would be a breach of the rule or the chicane would be unfair to the teams who were able to race safely on the existing track.

1988

In 1988 Whiting became Technical Delegate to Formula One of the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), and in 1997 he was appointed FIA Director and Safety Delegate. In this role, he was responsible for track and car safety, the technical and procedural regulations of the sport and for starting the races themselves. He served as lead official at every Formula One race, being in charge of everything related to rules and their interpretation. Whiting also visited future and current venues of Formula One racing to carry out safety inspections.

1976

Whiting's first job in motor sport was preparing rally cars. In 1976 he and his brother were running a Surtees in the 1976 British F5000 series for race driver Divina Galica. For the 1977 season Whiting joined Hesketh Racing. Following the demise of the team, he joined Bernie Ecclestone's Brabham team, where he would stay for the following decade, becoming chief mechanic for the World Drivers' Championship successes of Nelson Piquet in 1981 and 1983.

1952

Charles Whiting (12 August 1952 – 14 March 2019) was a British motorsports director. He served as the FIA Formula One Race Director, Safety Delegate, Permanent Starter and head of the F1 Technical Department, in which capacities he generally managed the logistics of each F1 Grand Prix, inspected cars in parc fermé before a race, enforced FIA rules, and controlled the lights that start each race.

Whiting was born on 12 August 1952 in Sevenoaks, Kent. He watched his first motor race when he climbed over the fence to see the 1964 British Grand Prix, held at Brands Hatch close to his family home. He came to working in motor racing himself through his older brother Nick, who was competing in autocross and circuit racing. Having decided to follow a career in race engineering, he attended a technical college and then the Borough Polytechnic Institute, earning qualifications in mechanical engineering.