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Jules Bianchi

Jules Bianchi
Jules Bianchi 2012-1.JPG
Bianchi at the 2012 Nürburgring World Series race
Born Jules Lucien André Bianchi
(1989-08-03)3 August 1989
Nice, France
Died 17 July 2015(2015-07-17) (aged 25)
Nice, France
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality France French
Active years 20132014
Teams Marussia
Car number 17 (retired in honour)
Entries 34 (34 starts)
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Career points 2
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First entry 2013 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry 2014 Japanese Grand Prix
Related to
Previous series
201011
2009–102011
2009, 2012
2009
200809
2007
2007
GP2
GP2 Asia Series
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
British Formula 3
Formula 3 Euro Series
French Formula Renault 2.0
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Championship titles
2009
2007
Formula 3 Euro Series
French Formula Renault 2.0

Jules Lucien André Bianchi (French pronunciation: ​[ʒyl bjɑ̃ki]; 3 August 1989 – 17 July 2015) was a French motor racing driver who drove for the Marussia F1 Team in the FIA Formula One World Championship.

Bianchi had previously raced in Formula Renault 3.5, GP2 and Formula Three and was a Ferrari Driver Academy member. He entered Formula One as a practice driver in 2012 for Sahara Force India. In 2013, he made his debut driving for Marussia, finishing 15th in his opening race in Australia and ended the season in 19th position without scoring any points. His best result that year was 13th at the Malaysian Grand Prix. In October 2013, the team confirmed that he would drive for the team the following season. In the 2014 season, he scored both his and the Marussia's first points in Formula One at the Monaco Grand Prix.

On 5 October 2014, during the Japanese Grand Prix, Bianchi lost control of his Marussia in very wet conditions and collided with a recovery vehicle, suffering a diffuse axonal injury. He underwent emergency surgery and was placed into an induced coma, and remained comatose until his death on 17 July 2015. Bianchi is the first Formula One driver killed as a result of an accident during a race event since Ayrton Senna at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.


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