Jules Bianchi

Jules Bianchi

Nation:	France
Formula 1 world championship
Start number :	17th
First start:	2013 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	2014 Japanese Grand Prix
Constructors
2013-2014  Marussia
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-17. ( 2014 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 34 - - -
World Cup points :	2
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Jules Lucien André Bianchi (born August 3, 1989 in Nice ; † July 17, 2015 there ) was a French racing driver . One of his greatest successes was winning the championship title of the Formula 3 Euro Series in 2009. He also competed in the GP2 series in 2010 and 2011 and was third overall both times. In 2012 he was runner-up in Formula Renault 3.5 with Tech 1 Racing . In 2013 and 2014 he competed for Marussia in Formula 1 .

Bianchi was the grandson of Mauro Bianchi , a three-time world champion in the GT category, and great-nephew Lucien Bianchis , a former Formula 1 driver.

Career

From 2004 to 2006 Bianchi was active in karting . In 2007 he switched to the single-seater racing and was with five wins this season instant champion of the French Formula Renault . He also competed in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup for half a season .

Jules Bianchi at the Hockenheimring 2009 in a Formula 3 Euro Series vehicle

In 2008 Bianchi switched to the Formula 3 Euro Series and was signed by the ART Grand Prix championship team . While his teammate Nico Hülkenberg won the championship title, Bianchi won two races and was third in the overall standings at the end of the season. He was also the best rookie . He also won the Formula 3 Masters in Zolder . In 2009 Bianchi competed again for the ART Grand Prix in the Formula 3 Euroseries. He dominated his second season and won nine races. At Zandvoort , he managed a weekend with the best scoring points: He took pole position in qualifying , won both races and also achieved the fastest lap of each race. One race weekend before the end he secured the championship early. Bianchi also took part in a Formula Renault 3.5 race and made guest starts in the British Formula 3 championship .

In December 2009, Bianchi completed two Formula 1 test days for Scuderia Ferrari . In addition, he received a long-term sponsorship contract with Ferrari. For the second race weekend, he entered the GP2 Asia Series season 2009/2010 for ART Grand Prix and achieved a podium finish in third place in his first race. Since he remained without points in the other races, he finished twelfth overall at the end of the season. He also took part in the 2010 GP2 series for ART Grand Prix . In an accident on the Hungaroring in which he collided head-on with Ho-Pin Tung , he sustained a serious injury with a broken lumbar vertebra . After it initially looked like a longer break for Bianchi, he benefited from the four-week break until the next race and took part in the GP2 series again after an operation on the spine. Although he was at the front in a few races, he did not manage to win. As the best pilot without a win, he finished the season with three second places as the best results in third place overall. After the end of the season, he took part in two Formula 1 test days for Ferrari as part of the Young Driver Days .

In 2011, Bianchi stayed with ART, which was also supported by the automobile manufacturer Lotus from this season . First he started in the GP2 Asia series . Bianchi won the opening race and was runner-up behind Romain Grosjean . He then completed his second season in the GP2 series for ART . After finishing third in the first race, he stood out on the second race weekend at the Circuit de Catalunya with repeated mistakes. First he lost the pole position because he had ignored yellow flags, then he triggered a collision at the start with Giedo van der Garde in the sprint race , because of which he was moved five positions back on the starting grid on the following race weekend. In the main race of the fifth race weekend at Silverstone , Bianchi finally scored his first victory in the GP2 series. At the Nürburgring he led the sprint race over long distances and came home in second place after a brake . He finished the season with a total of six podium finishes in third place in the drivers' standings. In 2011 he also took on the position of test driver for the Ferrari Formula 1 team. In this role he was used on all three test days of the Young Driver Days .

Jules Bianchi during Formula 1 test drives for Ferrari

In 2012 Bianchi moved to Tech 1 Racing in Formula Renault 3.5. Bianchi won one race each at the Nürburgring, Silverstone and Le Castellet . At the last race of the season, Bianchi, who had started the race four points behind, collided with his opponent Robin Frijns , who had caused the collision. Frijns was given a time penalty, but this did not change the final rating. Bianchi expressed a lack of understanding about this decision after the season. With a total of eight podium finishes, Bianchi came second overall. He was also a substitute driver for the Formula 1 team Force India that season and took part in some free practice sessions there. His contract with Scuderia Ferrari remained in place and he also completed Formula 1 test drives and simulator work for Ferrari during the season.

Jules Bianchi at the 2013 German Grand Prix

For the Formula 1 World Championship 2013 , Bianchi first negotiated with Force India about a regular cockpit and carried out test drives for the racing team. Force India, however, preferred Adrian Sutil . Shortly after Bianchi received Marussia a Formula 1 cockpit for the season 2013. Bianchi was the third pilot, who has been confirmed by Marussia for this cockpit. Initially, Timo Glock and Luiz Razia had a contract for the cockpit. The contracts with both drivers were terminated due to financial difficulties of the racing team. On his debut in Australia , he was sometimes up to a second faster than his teammate Max Chilton in training . In the race, he finished in 15th place. Bianchi achieved his best result in the second race of the season, the Malaysian Grand Prix . There he reached the goal in 13th place. Bianchi finished his debut season in 19th place overall. He was the best pilot who didn't get any points.

Bianchi at the 2014 Singapore Grand Prix

In 2014 , Bianchi stayed with Marussia, who drove with Ferrari engines that season. He chose # 17 as a permanent starting number for his further career. At the Monaco Grand Prix , Bianchi finished ninth and thus scored both his first points and Marussia's first points in Formula 1. At the end of the season, he was 17th overall.

Accident and death

On October 5, 2014, Bianchi had a serious accident at the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka . In the 43rd lap he came on wet roads off the track and crashed into the rear of a salvage vehicle that just the previous round of the track that has left Sauber of Adrian Sutil barg. The race was canceled. Bianchi received emergency medical care at the racetrack and then taken to the nearby University Mie Hospital, where he was operated on. On November 19, 2014, Bianchi's parents announced that their son was no longer in an artificial coma and could breathe independently. He was flown to his hometown of Nice. After nine months in a coma, he died on July 17, 2015 in the hospital in Nice as a result of his injuries sustained in the accident.

Bianchi is the first driver to die in a Formula 1 World Championship race since Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna at the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994 . As a token of respect and memory, the FIA ​​decided not to reissue its start number 17 in the future.

As stated in his will , Bianchi's body was cremated after the funeral service and his ashes were then scattered as part of a burial at sea in the Mediterranean near Nice. In May 2016, Bianchi's family announced that they would take legal action against the FIA , Formula One Group and Manor Racing, Marussia's successor team.

In addition to Justin Wilson's fatal accident in 2015 in the IndyCar Series , Jules Bianchi's accident was one of the reasons why the FIA decided in July 2017 to introduce the Halo system for the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship .

Others

Bianchi's manager was Nicolas Todt , the son of Jean Todt .

In the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship , Bianchi planned to switch to Sauber before his serious accident. The contract with the racing team had already been signed before the accident but had not yet been announced.

statistics

Career stations

2004–2006: karting 2007: French Formula Renault (champions) 2007: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (22nd place) 2008 : Formula 3 Euro Series (3rd place) 2009 : Formula 3 Euro Series (champions) 2009 : Formula Renault 3.5

2009 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2010 : GP2 Asia Series (12th place) 2010 : GP2 series (3rd place) 2010 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2011 : GP2 Asia Series (2nd place) 2011 : GP2 series (3rd place)

2011 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2012 : Formula Renault 3.5 (2nd place) 2012 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2013 : Formula 1 (19th place) 2014 : Formula 1 (17th place)

Individual results in the Formula 3 Euro Series

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	Points	rank
2008	ART Grand Prix	Mercedes Benz	HO1		MUG		PAU		NOR		ZAN		ONLY		BRH		CAT		LMS		HO2		47	3.
			DNF	13	3	4th	DNF	26th	DNF	9	3	9	2	3	22nd	18th	DNF	3	1	17th	7th	1
2009	ART Grand Prix	Mercedes Benz	HO1		LAU		NOR		ZAN		OSC		ONLY		BRH		CAT		DIJ		HO2		114	1.
			5	3	1	14th	1	3	1	1	1	6th	1	5	DNF	DNF	1	5	2	1	1	7th

Individual results in the GP2 Asia series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	Points	rank
2009/2010	ART Grand Prix	UAE		UAE		BRN		BRN		8th	12.
				3	7th	10	NC	10	DNF
2011	Lotus ART	UAE		ITA						18th	2.
		1	8th	3	DNF

Individual results in the GP2 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	Points	rank
2010	ART Grand Prix	ESP		MON		DOOR		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		UAE		52	3.
		DNF	12	4th	3	DNF	13	2	DNF	2	5	5	4th	DNF	DNS	14th	DNF	2	4th	18th	8th
2011	Lotus ART	DOOR		ESP		MON		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA				53	3.
		3	7th	7th	DNF	DNF	19th	DNF	7th	1	5	4th	2	7th	6th	2	2	8th	3

Individual results in Formula Renault 3.5

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2009	KMP Group / SG Formula	CAT		SPA		MON	HUN		SIL		BUG		ALG		ONLY		ALC		-	-
						DNF
2012	Tech 1 racing	ALC		MON	SPA		ONLY		MOS		SIL		HUN		LEC		CAT		185	2.
		DSQ	13	2	2	17th	1	12	2	7th	1	3	3	9	4th	1	7th	DNF

Statistics in Formula 1

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
2013	Marussia F1 Team	Marussia MR02	Cosworth 2.4 V8	19th	-	-	-	-	-	-	19th
2014	Marussia F1 Team	Marussia MR03	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	15th	-	-	-	-	-	2	17th
total				34	-	-	-	-	-	2

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th
2013
	15th	13	15th	19th	18th	DNF	17th	16	DNF	16	18th	19th	18th	16	DNF	18th	20th	18th	17th
2014
	NC	DNF	16	17th	18th	9	DNF	15th	14th	15th	15th	18 *	18th	16	20 *	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

See also

• List of fatally injured Formula 1 drivers

Web links

Commons : Jules Bianchi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Career statistics of Jules Bianchi (English)
• Jules Bianchi. www.motorsportmemorial.org, accessed October 30, 2019 (English). 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Jules, speed in his veins. ferrari.com, July 18, 2015, accessed July 22, 2015 . 
2. ↑ "Bianchi, Bottas and Tambay: ART is complete" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 6, 2009)
3. ↑ "Perfect title win: Bianchi prematurely champions" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 11, 2009)
4. ↑ "Bianchi: Ferrari contract instead of top times" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 2, 2009)
5. ^ "Bianchi delighted with maiden F1 test" (Autosport.com on December 2, 2009)
6. ↑ "Bianchi is promoted to GP2 at ART" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 12, 2009)
7. ↑ "Bianchi is out for a long time" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 1, 2010)
8. ↑ "Permission to start: Bianchi is allowed to accelerate again" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 26, 2010)
9. ↑ "Ferrari ends the Bridgestone era" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 17, 2010)
10. ^ "Contract extension after impressive debut" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on December 23, 2010)
11. ↑ "Barcelona: Bianchi loses pole position" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 20, 2011)
12. ^ "Leimer wins sprint race in Barcelona" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 22, 2011)
13. ↑ "Van der Garde fastest in turbulent qualifying" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 26, 2011)
14. ↑ "Grosjean wins the sprint in the rain" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 24, 2011)
15. ↑ "Bianchi becomes official Ferrari test driver" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 11, 2010)
16. ^ "'Busy days' for Ferrari Junior Bianchi" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 17, 2011)
17. ↑ "WSbR: Bianchi signs with Tech 1" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 9, 2012)
18. ↑ Frederik Hackbarth: "WS by Renault - Bianchi: Sharp criticism of Frijns & the rules". Memories of Jerez 1997. Motorsport-Total.com, October 24, 2012, accessed December 23, 2012 . 
19. ↑ "Force India: Bianchi signs as a substitute driver" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 27, 2012)
20. ↑ "Good luck to Jules Bianchi at the start of a new adventure!" (ferrari.com on January 27, 2012)
21. ^ "Ferrari: Simulator work vital for Austin setup". (No longer available online.) Autorace.co.za, November 13, 2012, archived from the original on July 22, 2015 ; accessed on December 23, 2012 (English). 
22. ^ Roman Wittemeier: "Comeback secured: Force India confirms Sutil". Motorsport-Total.com, February 28, 2013, accessed February 28, 2013 . 
23. ↑ Robert Seiwert: "Formula 1 - Fix: Bianchi replaces Razia at Marussia". On the last groove. Motorsport-Magazin.com, March 1, 2013, accessed March 1, 2013 . 
24. ^ Matt Beer: "Marussia says Luiz Razia release needed to secure financial future". autosport.com, March 1, 2013, accessed March 1, 2013 . 
25. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Bianchi stays: Marussia confirms first driver". Motorsport-Total.com, October 3, 2013, accessed October 3, 2013 . 
26. ↑ Robert Seiwert: "Formula 1 - All start numbers fixed: Vettel takes the 1". Number 13: Maldonado of all people. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 10, 2014, accessed January 12, 2014 . 
27. ↑ Jules Bianchi involved in a serious accident in Suzuka. heute.at, October 5, 2014, accessed on April 13, 2020 . 
28. ↑ Hope after a horror crash: Bianchi can breathe independently again. Focus online, October 5, 2014, accessed October 8, 2014 . 
29. ↑ Bianchi suffers severe head injuries at Suzuka, requiring surgery. Retrieved October 6, 2014 . 
30. ↑ "Jules Bianchi: Injured Formula 1 driver 'out of coma'". BBC Sport, November 19, 2014, accessed December 14, 2014 . 
31. ↑ Accidental Formula 1 driver: Jules Bianchi is dead. Spiegel Online , July 18, 2015, accessed on July 19, 2015 . 
32. ↑ Tobias Bluhm: Formula 1: FIA blocks start number 17. (No longer available online.) DailySports.at, July 20, 2015, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on November 1, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
33. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: As stipulated in the will: Burial at sea for Jules Bianchi. Motorsport-Total.com, July 24, 2015, accessed November 1, 2015 . 
34. ↑ Bianchi family initiates legal action against FIA and Co. In: Motorsport-Total.com. May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2016 . 
35. ↑ mathias.kainz: "Halo": Formula 1 and its halo . ( kurier.at [accessed on August 30, 2017]).
36. ↑ Joe Saward: Clean in court: What does Giedo van der Garde want? Speedweek.com, March 7, 2015, accessed March 12, 2015 .