F1 drivers have agreed that the sport should implement better cockpit protection for 2017. Alex Wurz, president of the safety-oriented Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA), told the BBC: “The research ...
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Jules Bianchi dies aged 25
F1 driver Jules Bianchi has died. Aged 25, the talented Frenchman has been unconscious since striking a recovery vehicle in fading light and wet conditions during last October’s Japanese grand ...
Read More »Todt sues Streiff over Bianchi comments
FIA president Jean Todt is suing former F1 driver Philippe Streiff. Having already attracted controversy with comments about Michael Schumacher’s condition, former Renault driver and Frenchman Streiff on Thursday attacked ...
Read More »Family says Bianchi still unconscious
Jules Bianchi is still unconscious, his family has revealed in a statement. The French driver lost control of his Marussia during early October’s rainy Japanese grand prix and struck a ...
Read More »Driver representative Wurz backs Bianchi report
The F1 drivers’ union GPDA has welcomed the outcome of the investigation into Jules Bianchi’s Suzuka crash. At Wednesday’s meeting of the World Motor Sport Council, a ten-man panel headed ...
Read More »FIA ‘washes its hands’ with Bianchi blame – Tambay
Former F1 driver Patrick Tambay has hit out at the FIA for so squarely blaming Jules Bianchi for his life-threatening Suzuka crash. At Wednesday’s meeting of the World Motor Sport ...
Read More »‘No change’ in Bianchi’s condition – Lowdon
Almost six weeks on, there is “no change” in Jules Bianchi’s condition. That is the news of Graeme Lowdon, who as sporting director and president has overseen not only the ...
Read More »Horror month for collapsing backmarker Marussia
October was a horror month for the F1 backmarker Marussia. The first, tragic blow came in the shadow of the Suzuka typhoon, when the promising talent Jules Bianchi skidded into ...
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