Jules Bianchi has died

Jules Bianchi has died

Postby Callum » Sat Jul 18, 2015 1:45 am

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.”

So, so tragic. A man lost in the prime of his life.

May he RIP.
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Re: Jules Bianchi has died

Postby Danskin » Sat Jul 18, 2015 1:47 am

Holy shit, that's horrible news. May he rest in piece.
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Re: Jules Bianchi has died

Postby Zenith » Sat Jul 18, 2015 2:22 am

Not entirely unexpected but awful news nonetheless.

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Re: Jules Bianchi has died

Postby jmiles10 » Sat Jul 18, 2015 2:24 am

For the better but still RIP
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Re: Jules Bianchi has died

Postby Gunpowder » Sat Jul 18, 2015 7:38 am

What an unfortunate accident that was.

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Re: Jules Bianchi has died

Postby Arsenal~Fanatic » Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:20 am

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Re: Jules Bianchi has died

Postby Trina » Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:23 am

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Re: Jules Bianchi has died

Postby Santi » Sat Jul 18, 2015 10:37 am

Poor guy, he was a promising driver too. Such an unlucky event as well, feel for his family...RIP.
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Re: Jules Bianchi has died

Postby arsebandit » Sat Jul 18, 2015 10:44 am

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Re: Jules Bianchi has died

Postby elkanofan » Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:44 am

R.I.P.

This is so tragic.

There has already been a inquiry into the crash and what needs to be done. Freak accident it maybe but the issue here was the crane design. This MUST be looked at. Without question we need to see these vehicles designed with its own skirting so the lower bodywork cant get caught under anything, which exposed his head.

F1 went 20 years without a tragedy so measures have been hugely improved but this needs to go further because nobody wants things like this to happen ever again.

Thoughts are with his family :(
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Re: Jules Bianchi has died

Postby Gunpowder » Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:57 am

I'd question the double yellow decision before the crane but that's a good point too. One car went off in that corner and there was a huge crane in the circuit.

Mesüt wrote:Poor guy, he was a promising driver too. Such an unlucky event as well, feel for his family...RIP.


He was likely to replace Kimi at Ferrari. Could have been a champion.
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Re: Jules Bianchi has died

Postby elkanofan » Sat Jul 18, 2015 3:13 pm

Gunpowder wrote:I'd question the double yellow decision before the crane but that's a good point too. One car went off in that corner and there was a huge crane in the circuit.

Mesüt wrote:Poor guy, he was a promising driver too. Such an unlucky event as well, feel for his family...RIP.


He was likely to replace Kimi at Ferrari. Could have been a champion.

It was a freak accident. I dont think we can find much blame to throw at anybody in hindsight. The important thing here is the truck and other veichles and how they arent safe if a car collides with them.

If that crane had some form of skurting he would of never died and the collision would of impacted just the side of the car only. This needs to be looked at for all cranes and other machinery used to remove stricken cars.
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Re: Jules Bianchi has died

Postby Cripps » Sat Jul 18, 2015 3:16 pm

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Re: Jules Bianchi has died

Postby Git » Sat Jul 18, 2015 6:09 pm

Very sad. I remember watching the footage on Liveleak and it really was horrific. He did well to hold on for as long as he could.

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