Fernando Alonso may have been pushed off the track by Lance Stroll but that didn't give him the right to cut the chicane, says F1 race director Charlie Whiting. read more »
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Charlie Whiting on why Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel's collision was declared a racing incident and how Kevin Magnussen avoided a penalty. read more »
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F1 race director Charlie Whiting believes Max Verstappen's chicane-cut comments following the Japanese Grand Prix were "silly" read more »
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FIA race director Charlie Whiting says plans for a new Formula One circuit in Vietnam are currently on target ahead of a potential grand prix in 2020. read more »
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Charlie Whiting confirms that F1 bosses are seeking to add Vietnam to the schedule in 2020. read more »
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Vietnam is edging closer to hosting its first F1 race in 2020 following a visit from FIA race director Charlie Whiting to the proposed site in Hanoi. read more »
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Race director Charlie Whiting insists that Max Verstappen's time penalty today was fully justified. read more »
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F1 race director Charlie Whiting has no doubts that Max Verstappen 'clearly' deserved a penalty for his first lap incident with Kimi Raikkonen in the Japanese Grand Prix read more »
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Charlie Whiting has given a very provisional thumbs up to a home race at Zandvoort for Max Verstappen and his 'Orange Army' read more »
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FIA race director Charlie Whiting believes Zandvoort would need "minimal" changes in order to host a Formula 1 grand prix read more »
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FIA Formula 1 race director and safety delegate Charlie Whiting has branded a change to Singapore Grand Prix's Turn 7 as a "waste of paint" read more »
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Formula 1's smaller outfits will never agree to three-car teams as they could be left fighting over 10th place; that's according to Charlie Whiting. read more »
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Though personally in favour of the idea, Charlie Whiting says it is unlikely 'third cars' will get the green light. read more »
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Proposals for Formula 1 teams to run third cars are unlikely to get sufficient support, says FIA race director Charlie Whiting - who admits he backs the idea read more »
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Charlie Whiting has poured cold water over the suggestion that Sergey Perez deliberately hit Sergey Sirotkin in Singapore, saying it was just a misjudgement. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas was outspoken on the radio during the Singapore Grand Prix after believing blue flags should have shown sooner when following Nico Hülkenberg, but Charlie... read more »
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Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting finds it hard to believe that Sergio Perez deliberately drove in to Sergey Sirotkin during their intense battle in the Singapore Grand Prix read more »
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Though it earned him a drive-through penalty, Charlie Whiting does not believe Sergio Perez' clash with Sergey Sirotkin was a deliberate attack on the Russian. read more »
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Formula 1 has no need to change its blue flag rules, says race director Charlie Whiting, despite complaints from drivers about difficulties passing backmarkers in the Singapore... read more »
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Charlie Whiting has issued a damning indictment of Romain Grosjean's blue flag transgression in Singapore, saying it was the "worst case" of ignoring the flags... read more »
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Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting believes Romain Grosjean committed "one of the worst cases" of ignoring blue flags he has seen in a long time at the Singapore... read more »
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FIA Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting says Sauber's Italian Grand Prix DRS problems will be discussed at a meeting with team technical directors on Thursday read more »
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FIA race director Charlie Whiting says he may have a "little chat" with Max Verstappen, but is not particularly ruffled by his comments in Italy. read more »
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Charlie Whiting has no issue with Max Verstappen's angry team radio comments in which he suggested Formula 1 stewards were "killing racing" after receiving an... read more »
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During the post-Italian Grand Prix press meeting with FIA race director Charlie Whiting, the Briton conceded that 'fake' pit stops such as the ones of Mercedes could... read more »