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Remembering #JB17 - always in our hearts

It was on this day in 2015 that Jules Bianchi succumbed to the injuries he had sustained in a crash while competing in the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix. The 25-year-old had been one of the rising stars of Formula 1. Bianchi was the first driver to die as a result of injuries sustained in an accident in a Formula 1 Grand Prix in 21 years, since Ayrton Senna at Imola in 1994. The investigation into the Frebchman's accident sparked a number of safety improvements such as the introduction of the Virtual Safety Car, and also contributed to the introduction of the Halo cockpit protection system. Bianchi's death came on the 20th anniversary of the passing of five-time world champion Juan Manuel...
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