Talk:Charlie Whiting

Notability
I know the guy is important within F1, but I'm iffy on his notability for Wikipedia. He's like middle management compared to Max Mosley and Bernie Eccelstone. Guroadrunner 05:31, 3 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I take your point, but I suspect there are many Wikipedia articles about people who aren't especially well known outside their own particular field. Here are some (admittedly not overwhelming) arguments in favour of Charlie Whiting having his own Wikipedia article:
 * he was a central figure in the controversy surrounding the 2005 United States Grand Prix, which received considerable mainstream press coverage
 * Googling "charlie whiting" "formula 1" returns about 15200 hits (I recognise that the number of Google hits isn't an especially good gauge of notability)
 * he's considered notable enough to have his own article at www.grandprix.com (I acknowledge that this is "within his own particular field")
 * DH85868993 09:44, 3 December 2007 (UTC)


 * ABBA wrote a song about his wife Alice Whiting, if this helps.92.158.42.91 (talk) 09:14, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Senna death black boxes incident
Whiting appears to have been involved in the handling of the black bozes from Senna's car after the crash. This appears notable. http://www.ayrton-senna.com/s-files/newsfle5.html 124.171.199.35 (talk) 12:22, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

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Reported dead
Andrew Benson [BBC F1] reports Whiting died of a pulmonary embolism.

https://twitter.com/andrewbensonf1/status/1105995646165606400

David Crayford &#9742;  01:01, 14 March 2019 (UTC) ‏

Obituaries
Autosport, Formul1.com, primalinformation.com, Seattle Times - haven't time to add from these sources atm, so leaving here in the hope that other editors will be able to. Mjroots (talk) 07:59, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Starter
Please also see articles such as this one, this book, this article, etc. A search of FIA "official starter" confirms that this is the sanctioned term.--Phil Holmes (talk) 11:33, 17 June 2020 (UTC)