Charlie Whiting

Mistral chicane at Paul Ricard likely to get cut out for 2019

Formula 1 will consider removing Paul Ricard's Mistral chicane for next year's French Grand Prix following its failure to secure…

6 years ago

Whiting to act over Virtual Safety Car 'loophole'

The FIA has concluded that the current Virtual Safety Car system can give some drivers an unfair advantage over their…

6 years ago

Whiting considering ways to automate chequered flag

FIA race director Charlie Whiting says that he's looking into whether the chequered flag at the end of Grand Prix…

6 years ago

Brawn apologises to Winnie Harlow for chequered flag debacle

Formula 1's director of motorsports Ross Brawn has apologised to super model Winnie Harlow for the embarrassment caused at the…

6 years ago

F1 faces more groundhog days in Canada in future

Formula 1 officials admit that there is little they can do about the presence of groundhogs on Montreal's Ile de…

6 years ago

FIA to keep a monitoring eye on Ferrari in Montreal

Following its investigation into Ferrari's energy recovery system, the FIA confirmed the legality of the Scuderia's SF71-H, but the governing…

6 years ago

FIA investigation clears Ferrari of suspicions of cheating

Scuderia Ferrari has been cleared of suspicions of cheating by the FIA following an investigation into the team's energy recovery…

6 years ago

Charlie Whiting's low-down on transforming the streets of Monte Carlo

It's a long and arduous task, but transforming the streets of Monte Carlo's glitzy Principality into a fully-fledged race track…

6 years ago

Lauda unhappy with lag in FIA technical decisions

Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda wants the FIA to speed up its process of deciding the legality of a car…

6 years ago

Drivers gaming VSC system, says Vettel, but Whiting disagrees

Sebastian Vettel believes F1's virtual safety car system is being exploited by some drivers, and the sport needs to close…

6 years ago

Whiting absolves Vettel of Baku restart 'antics'

FIA race director Charlie Whiting says that he sees no problem with the way that Sebastian Vettel handled the first…

7 years ago

Ferrari won't quit smoking, but Whiting won't intervene

FIA race director Charlie Whiting says the governing body has no plans of intervening over the issue of Ferrari's smoking…

7 years ago