The world of racing is now in a sport mourning after the death of Formula One best driver Jules Bianchi died from severe head injuries sustained in a crash at 2014 last year’s at Japanese Grand Prix.
His family came up on the social media (twitter) and posted the sad news on Bianchi’s official Twitter account, and it was later confirmed by the Manor F1 team.
Bianchi, 25, had been in a coma since the October 5 accident in which he collided at high speed with a mobile crane which was being used to pick up another crashed car.
A statement issued by his parents Philippe and Christine, his brother Tom and sister Melanie said: ”Jules fought right to the very end, as he always did, but today his battle came to an end. The pain we feel is immense and indescribable.”
The Manor team tweeted: ”We are devastated to lose Jules after such a hard-fought battle. It was a privilege to have him race for our team.”
Bianchi died at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire in his home town of Nice, where he had been since his emergency treatment in Japan in the days after the accident.
The family statement continued: ”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 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.”
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