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Former F1 doctor attacks FIA over hospital visit

Former F1 doctor Gary Hartstein claims the FIA tried last week to have him fired from his day-job in Belgium. The American was F1's chief doctor until the end of 2012, when president Jean Todt decided not to renew the contract. Since then, he has been clinical professor of anaesthesia and emergency medicine at the university hospital in Liege, which last week reportedly received a visit from Gerard Saillant. Working at the FIA Institute, Saillant is a mutual friend of both Todt and Michael Schumacher, and Hartstein claims it is he who fired him 'by email' in 2012. 'Imagine my surprise to learn that despite having heard nothing from you or your boss (Todt) since being fired, you actually...
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