Watch: Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton pay tribute to Charlie Whiting

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09:31, 14 Mar 2019

byMatt

On Thursday morning, Charlie Whiting passed away in Melbourne after suffering a pulmonary embolism. The Formula 1 race director was aged 66. In the press conference ahead of the season opener, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton remembered Whiting.

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