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A Statement from the Bianchi Family
Nice, France
Saturday 18 July 2015
02.45hrs France │ 01.45hrs UK

"It is with deep sadness that the parents of Jules Bianchi, Philippe and Christine, his brother Tom and sister Mélanie, wish to make it known that Jules passed away last night at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) in Nice, (France) where he was admitted following the accident of 5th October 2014 at Suzuka Circuit during the Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix.

“Jules fought right to the very end, as he always did, but today his battle came to an end,” said the Bianchi family. “The pain we feel is immense and indescribable. We wish to thank the medical staff at Nice’s CHU who looked after him with love and dedication. We also thank the staff of the General Medical Center in the Mie Prefecture (Japan) who looked after Jules immediately after the accident, as well as all the other doctors who have been involved with his care over the past months.

"Furthermore, we thank Jules’ colleagues, friends, fans and everyone who has demonstrated their affection for him over these past months, which gave us great strength and helped us deal with such difficult times. Listening to and reading the many messages made us realise just how much Jules had touched the hearts and minds of so many people all over the world.

"We would like to ask that our privacy is respected during this difficult time, while we try to come to terms with the loss of Jules.”


As you can this from this video, it was a pretty big crash.

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That's just sad..... how did he die one year after the crash?

was he in critical condition?

He's been in a coma since October 2014 after suffering a diffuse axonal injury following a collision with a crane on the side of the Suzuka circuit.

Very sad to here... He had great potential.

That's a long time to be in a coma. I wish the best to his family and friends.

R.I.P Jules.

Amazing how safe F1 has become......

This news is just sad

Indeed, it was a very freak incident and at no fault of the new rules applied after Senna's death in 1994 (the last since now) and after investigation Jules did not slow down under double waved yellow flags and also had pressure on the Clutch and Throttle disengaging the electronic safety system.

Still, lets hope the new Virtual Safety car will prevent this ever again.

Rip in peace