Jules Bianchi

Also known as Jules Lucien André Bianchi

French motor racing driver (1989–2015)

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Jules Bianchi was a French racing driver who competed in Formula One and other professional motorsport categories before his death in 2014 at age 25. He is remembered as a promising talent in international motor racing whose career was cut short by a fatal accident during a Japanese Grand Prix.

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Jules Lucien André Bianchi was a French motor racing driver who drove for the Marussia F1 Team in Formula One. Bianchi had previously raced in Formula Renault 3.5, GP2 and Formula Three and was a Ferrari Driver Academy member. He entered Formula One as a practice driver in 2012 for Sahara Force India.

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Origins of the Silver War — Self (archival footage)2020
Rétro F1 2014 : Étoiles filantes — Self2014

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Instance of: human
Given name: Lucien
Family name: Bianchi
Gender: male
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: Nice
Place of death: Nice
Languages spoken: French
Sport: auto racing
Member of team: Marussia F1
Image: Jules Bianchi 2012-3.JPG
Height: 179

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Commons category: Jules Bianchi
competition won: 2009 Formula 3 Euro Series season
date of birth: 1989-08-03
date of death: 2015-07-17
cause of death: diffuse axonal injury
name in native language: Jules Bianchi
place of burial: Nice
start of work period: 2007-00-00
birth name: Jules Lucien André Bianchi
social media followers: 256034
end of work period: 2014-00-00
manner of death: accidental death
points for: 2
number of wins: 0
pole positions: 0
podium finishes: 0
number of matches played/races/starts: 43

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Encyclopedic overview

Jules Lucien André Bianchi ( French pronunciation: [ʒyl bjɑ̃ki]; 3 August 1989 – 17 July 2015) was a French racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2013 to 2014.

Born and raised in Nice, Bianchi was the grandson of endurance racing driver Mauro Bianchi and the great-nephew of Formula One driver Lucien Bianchi. Graduating from karting to junior formulae in 2007, Bianchi won his first title at the 2007 French Formula Renault 2.0 Championship with SG Formula. After winning the 2008 Masters of Formula 3, Bianchi won the Formula 3 Euro Series in 2009 with ART. He then progressed to the GP2 Series, finishing third in both 2010 and 2011. Bianchi then finished runner-up to Robin Frijns in the 2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series.

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