(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 3, 2014 Formula One race director Charlie Whiting smiles during a press conference at the Silverstone circuit in Silverstone ahead of the British Formula One Grand Prix. - Formula One's long-serving race director Charlie Whiting died in Melbourne on March 14, 2019 just days before the opening Grand Prix of the season, the sport's governing body said. (Photo by Andrew YATES / AFP)