Born into the sport, Bianchi competed in 34 races over the 2013 and 2014 seasons, scoring the first ever championship points for Manor – then known as Marussia – by finishing ninth at last year’s Monaco Grand Prix. Bianchi had been in a coma since the Oct. 5 accident, in which he collided at high speed with a mobile crane that was picking up another crashed car.
Philippe and Christine Bianchi, Jules’ father and mother, outside the church (APTN)
Mr Bianchi was the first driver to die of injuries sustained in an F1 race since Ayrton Senna was killed at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.
As a sign of respect to Mr Bianchi’s car number was retired, as well as a minute of silence will be given in this week’s Hungarian Grand Prix
It was reported that Mr Bianchi was being lined up by Ferrari as the man to replace Kimi Raikkonen before the Frenchman’s tragic crash in Japan last October.