Arrived in the bucket of a Formula 1 in 2013, the Russian team Marussia after being a reservist year at Ferrari and Force India, the young man was born in Nice in August 1989. Not so far that his Italy family had left in 1950 to emigrate first in Belgium and then in France.
Jules Bianchi (Marussia) at Russian Grand Prix 2014 – Imago
Mauro, his grandfather, was a very good driver F3 and endurance, especially in Alpine-Renault, and one of the great figures of motorsports in the 1960s but the accident of Jules Sunday, October 5, 2014 on the Suzuka circuit, and his death Friday recalls another family drama. That of his great-uncle Lucien, who ran 17 F1 Grand Prix, on the podium in Monaco in 1968 and the same year won the Le Mans 24 Hours.
This event which crowned the Sarthe circuit he has indeed also killed a year later in 1969. In preliminary tests, the Alfa Romeo hits a pole and died a prisoner of the flames, and 34 .
Former kart
Jules’s father, Philip, has managed for years the karting track of Brignoles (Var), near the Paul Ricard circuit where Bianchi Junior made his debut as a race car driver. This is, moreover, that was his little brother Tom, high school senior, when the Japanese GP ended dramatically.
After having climbed the ladder, the young Jules Bianchi, built in 2009 at the Academy of Ferrari drivers, has made Formula 3 and GP2 two seasons (3rd in 2010 and 2011), before falling back in 2012 Formula Renault 3.5, losing the title in the last race after a contentious clash with Dutchman Robin Frijns.
Within Marussia, who believed in him, he offered to the stable, founded in 2010 under the name of Virgin, his first points in F1, but also the first of his career with a 9th place gained high fight in May 2014 in Monaco. In 2013, during his second GP in Malaysia, it was ranked 13th.
‘Ready’ for Ferrari
On the rise, having proved the extent of his talent since March 2013 at the wheel of a small car, Jules Bianchi did not intend to stop there way. Three days before the start of the Japanese GP at Suzuka and he reported feeling “ready” to take the wheel of a Ferrari. “ Of course, I feel ready. I’m working for this since my entrance to the Ferrari Academy end of 2009. I did two seasons of F1. I think I have a good experience and I feel ready, for sure “, Bianchi had assured during the FIA press conference on Thursday, the pilots participating in turn.
Jules Bianchi driving the Marussia F1 Team – Panoramic
Lucid and modest, he immediately relativized his point: “Obviously, for the moment, the two pilots (Alonso and Raikkonen) have contracts, so there is no question but if the opportunity presents itself, I think it would be good for me “. On Sunday morning, hours before the fatal GP, he had signed a contract with the Swiss team Sauber, powered by Ferrari.
Holder with Marussia for two seasons, but Ferrari reserve driver, Bianchi was mounted in the cockpit of the Finn Kimi Raikkonen, slightly injured, during the Silverstone test in July 2014. He had the opportunity to sign the best time of day.
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