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Bottas dedicates Australian GP win to Whiting 

Valtteri Bottas has dedicated his Australian Grand Prix victory to Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting, who died days before the 2019 season-opener.  Whiting, who had served as F1’s race director and the sport’s chief safety delegate since 1997 following a career as an engineer at Hesketh and Brabham, died overnight as a result of a pulmonary embolism after arriving at the Melbourne circuit on Wednesday.  Bottas briefly paused the post-race FIA drivers’ press conference on Sunday to pay tribute to the long-serving and respected 66-year-old.  5774263478001 CrashTV:  “I just want to say: thank you Charlie,” Bottas said.  "This win is for Charlie and all his work...
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