The title says it all... Jules Bianchi was a young driver in F1 who aspired to one day become a champion, but he will sadly never get the opportunity. During the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix on October 5th, 2014, it started raining, but the race continued. Adrian Sutil spun out due to the rain in turn 7, and because F1 doesn't have cautions like other racing series, Jules Bianchi spun out in the same exact spot in turn 7 and collided with the back of a tractor crane. He had been in a coma since then, and on July 17th, he died. Personally, I don't watch F1 racing because the races usually get strung out and lack the side by side racing that NASCAR does (and the races start around 4 a.m. from where I live, ain't nobody got time fo' dat!) but I have to say that Bianchi's death was easily avoidable if F1 simply called a caution either for rain or for Sutil's spin (or, like IndyCar calls it, a full-course caution) because any driver will give 110% no matter what the conditions unless there's a caution. Jules Bianchi was simply the driver in the wrong place at the wrong time with where the tractor crane was. It could have been someone else like Sebastion Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, or Kimi Raikkonen (spelling?) that died. Like I said before, I don't really watch F1 racing all too often, but it was a racing tragedy. Hopefully, F1 will take more steps toward protecting their drivers the same way NASCAR did following the 2001 Daytona 500 which led to the creation of SAFER (Steel And Foam Energy Reduction) Barriers and the HANS (Head And Neck Support) Device among other more minor changes including the design of the car (energy absorbing foam in the sides of the car & crush panels) Dale Earnhardt Sr.'s death led to the overall improvement of safety in NASCAR. We can only hope that Bianchi's death will lead to similar improvements in F1, rather than being like Dan Wheldon in IndyCar, where apparently the IRL didn't learn their lesson and James Hinchcliffe almost died, suffering severe bleeding in his leg following a crash a few months ago in Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A tragedy like this goes to show that danger is around at every moment, no matter how comfortable or uncomfortable you are. RIP Jules Bianchi (1989-2015)
They usually never do in f1 but its sad to hear a f1 driver passed on but he did doing something he loved rip Jules Bianchi
They can only give 100% not 110% but thats just a pet peeve of mine. Back on topic - RIP Jules F1 already have HANS and crushable panels, the investigation from the crash found Jules had both throttle and brakes applied which caused him to lose control of the car (the rain didnt help either). The accident itself was a fluke as they were recovering Sutil's car, which had gone off a lap earlier causing yellow flags to be waved. (Yellow flags warn the drivers of an indicent and to slow down, there were no guidelines as to how much to slow down however) Since the accident, F1 have introduced a virtual saftey car idea where the cars on track get limited to 60MPH.