Formula 1 jules bianchi. Born 3 august 1989 in nice alpes maritimes provence alpes cote dazur france died 17 july 2015 in nice was a motor racing driver who drove for the marussia team. Jules cut his teeth in go karts at the age of five and after a string of successes graduated to racing cars in formula renault 20 in 2007. 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.
Jules bianchi is the most recent driver to have been fatally injured during a grand prix. Jules lucien andre bianchi french pronunciation. Here is a selection of what they had to say.
He died in july 2015 nine months after sustaining severe head injuries during the 2014 japanese grand prix. His is the first death. He previously tested for both ferrari and force india and was a member of the ferrari driver academy.
Three time world champion ayrton senna suffered a fatal crash at imola in 1994. In hungary today during their media sessions and press conferences formula 1s drivers were able to pay their personal tributes to jules bianchi. Bianchi came from a family of racers including his uncle lucien who won the 1968 le mans 24 hours with pedro rodriguez and made 17 grand prix starts and grandfather mauro who was a successful gt racer.
Bianchi had previously raced in formula renault 35 gp2 and formula three and was a ferrari driver academy member.