Jules Bianchi passes away following accident at 2014 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix

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Vinylshark
I'm not sure if you can count 24 still as quite young, and so far I've been only once to a furneral.
My problem isn't really that people are happy again and going back to their daily routine, but I just don't understand why it has to happen right after the furneral? Why not wait till the next day? For me it just feels like people wouldn't really care or grief. I know it's not that way, but still. It just doesn't feel right to me, dunno why.
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People are unique in how they grieve; best not to judge how a person grieves.
 
Here's the sticker being made available to all teams/drivers by the GPDA for this weekend;

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Watching the race. My blinker fluid is now a bit lower than usual after that minute of silence....
 
Pretty much every racing related death ends up in court eventually, so it's not surprising, I just hope that Bianchi's father was misquoted or taken out of context as "those responsible must pay" is a bit extreme and could hurt the respect people have for the family.
 
NW48
Pretty much every racing related death ends up in court eventually, so it's not surprisingly, I just hope that Bianchi's father was misquoted or taken out of context as "those responsible must pay" is a bit extreme and could hurt the respect people have for the family.
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I think it was.

"if there are those responsible then they must pay"
 
Furinkazen
I think it was.

"if there are those responsible then they must pay"
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That's the media for you, unfortunately.

Earth
INB4 he only wants money posts
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I'd like to think it won't be money related as Bianchi's father (not sure if he still does) runs a kart track in France, so there should be enough money flowing into the family. I hope it's just for clearing Jules' name, given the controversy around it all, regarding the yellow flag situation.
 
Some insurance companies force you to pursue a damages, or wrongful death claim through the courts before paying out on insurances,
 
It's being reported that Bianchi's family are taking legal action against Marussia, the FIA and the Formula 1 group of companies. BBC.

Stewarts Law Statement
The family of Formula One racing driver, Jules Bianchi, has today announced they plan to take legal action in England relating to the fatal head injuries Jules Bianchi sustained in a violent collision with a mobile crane at the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka, 2014.

The letters (to the FIA, Marussia and Formula One Group) explain why the Bianchi family feel the actions of one or more of those parties, amongst others, may have contributed to Jules' fatal accident and invite them to accept that errors were made in the planning, timing, organisation and conduct of the race which took place in dangerous conditions during the typhoon season in Japan.
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Phillipe Bianchi
We seek justice for Jules, and want to establish the truth about the decisions that led to our son's crash at the Japanese Grand Prix in 2014.

As a family, we have so many unanswered questions and feel that Jules' accident and death could have been avoided if a series of mistakes had not been made.
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I'd be interested to know where Manor/Marussia might be responsible. As far as I was aware, Bianchi was going too fast under double yellows and aquaplaned into a recovery vehicle. Were there any other conditions which led to him going off the track?

The factors about holding the race in typhoon season, where or why the recovery vehicle was on the track and about the helicopter being unable to safely take off under the time demanded are certainly fascinating and I await the FIA or Formula One Group's answers to that. We all discussed them at the time and nothing seemed to come of it.
 
Liquid
I'd be interested to know where Manor/Marussia might be responsible. As far as I was aware, Bianchi was going too fast under double yellows and aquaplaned into a recovery vehicle. Were there any other conditions which led to him going off the track?
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The most obvious "Marussia" factor in the death of both drivers was the failure of the "fail-safe" two-pedal press. Bianchi attempted to stall/stop the car with this method but it failed.
 
Liquid
I'd be interested to know where Manor/Marussia might be responsible. As far as I was aware, Bianchi was going too fast under double yellows and aquaplaned into a recovery vehicle. Were there any other conditions which led to him going off the track?

The factors about holding the race in typhoon season, where or why the recovery vehicle was on the track and about the helicopter being unable to safely take off under the time demanded are certainly fascinating and I await the FIA or Formula One Group's answers to that. We all discussed them at the time and nothing seemed to come of it.
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It all comes down to him going too fast for the conditions of the track (both weather and flag). The flags were there to inform him that there was a significant danger at that point (a tractor, as it turns out).

As for the helicopter, I thought that was OK since there was a hospital in close proximity by road?
 
I think the timing with Monaco was a factor too. No other race in France, a lot of talk about the points scored for Manor, and a lot of tributes being paid. I certainly don't think that is coincidence, but I'm not sure whether I like it or not. What started as a celebration of his life and that day in the sun may now be remembered for the messy legal business...
 
I'm surprised they've not included the circuit in the law suit. There was an incident at Fuji in 98, that you may have seen a clip of on YouTube, where a JGTC Ferrari driver, Tetsuya Ota, aquaplaned into another stationary car causing a huge fiery crash. He survived but was badly burnt. He successfully sued for negligence a whole host of organisations involved in the race. I know this is going through the British courts, but there must be a case for this being successful under Japanese law.
 
twitcher
Maybe it's just me, but the whole concept of driver's, who willingly participate in a dangerous sport, have the nerve to sue someone when things go wrong doesn't sit well with me. Sueing culture period pisses me off :lol:
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Even worse is when a sponsor has the nerve to sue a driver.

I swear, if that happened at a higher division and was more well known, no one would want anything to do with a sponsor that would go to such lengths over one bad race.
 
twitcher
Maybe it's just me, but the whole concept of driver's, who willingly participate in a dangerous sport, have the nerve to sue someone when things go wrong doesn't sit well with me. Sueing culture period pisses me off :lol:
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Well at least this time it isn't the driver suing the team, because, he can't.
 

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