This poor boy made me cry sometimes in the last days
And his poor family and friends! Olga write this afternoon to me: I guess we would not even want to be a fly on his (fathers) shoulders.

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Jules Bianchi’s father speaks: ‘It’s desperate but Jules is still fighting. He won’t give up’

"The situation is desperate. Every time the telephone goes, we know it could be the hospital to tell us that Jules is dead. But initially they said that the first 24 hours were crucial. Then it became the first 72 hours and here we are still with Jules, who is fighting.

“He will succeed in the most important qualifying lap of his life. He won’t give up, I’m sure of that.

“I can see it. I believe it. I speak to him. I know he can hear me. His doctors have told us that this is already a miracle, no one has ever survived such a serious accident. But Jules won’t give-up. His trainer Andrea says that if there is one person who can make it happen, with his will, it’s Jules.”

Philippe Bianchi, the father of Jules Bianchi has spoken to Italian sports paper La Gazzetta dello Sport about the plight of his son Jules, 25, who was injured in an accident with a course vehicle in the Japanese Grand Prix and remains in a critical but stable condition in Yokkaichi hospital in Japan.

“It’s tough. In a week the life of this family has been destroyed,” he says. “What are we doing here? Living a nightmare in a place very far from home. But when Jules gets a bit better we can transfer him, maybe to Tokyo and things will be a bit easier. But who knows when that will happen. If it will happen. We have no certainties, we just have to wait.

“The people here are lovely but no-one speaks English. ”

Philippe Bianchi also reveals that he is using Michael Schumacher’s accident as a reference point, “I was very sad when he got hurt. I kept wondering, like every one else, ‘Why don’t they tell us more about how he is?’ But now I’m in the same position I understand. Everyone keeps asking me how Jules is but I can’t reply, there is no answer. It’s very serious, but he’s stable. One day he seems a bit better, other days bit worse. The doctors don’t say. The damage from the accident is very bad but we don’t know how it will evolve.

“Even with Schumacher it took months to come out of the coma. Jean Todt said he hopes Michael will one day be able to have a normal life. One day I hope we can say the same abut Jules.”

The Bianchi family were very touched by the show of support from the other F1 drivers in Sochi, forming a ‘circle of solidarity’ for Jules, where they formed up on the grid in a ring with arms around each other’s shoulders, facing inwards to only themselves, the ones who best understood. “I’ve never seen anything like that,” said Philippe Bianchi. “It touched us very deeply. We thank every one of them. So many of them have been in touch, written to me; Alonso, Vergne, Massa have given strong messages, Hamilton wrote me a beautiful email in which he says that if there is anything he can do, he’s there. Rossi and Marquez from Moto GP too.

“We are sure that all this love, this energy Jules can feel it, Marussia and Ferrari too.”

He says that he has not watched the amateur video of the accident and isn’t going to for now, “It would make me crazy. I need positive energy now.”

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http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2014/10/ju...still-fighting/

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Beautiful words from Jules Bianchi's father: "There are moments watching Jules lying in his bed, without a scratch or anything....
I have to give him a peck on the cheek and say,"Come on get up, what are you doing lying there?Let's get away from Japan, Jules, we go home"

How sad and sweet at the same time. Lovely words from a hurtin father.

Let's hope they get all the positive vibes people are sending them and I'm sure God is listening all the prayers.

I have hope he can still get out of this, F1 drivers are not normal people, they are top athletes with a very strong will.

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Brawn, Domenicali among members of new FIA Accident Panel 20 Oct 2014

Formula One racing’s governing body, the FIA, has confirmed the make-up of its new Accident Panel, which will look into the circumstances surrounding Jules Bianchi’s crash in the Japanese Grand Prix.

The group, which includes former Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn and ex-Ferrari counterpart Stefano Domenicali, will carry out a full review of the accident to gain a better understanding of what happened, and will propose new measures to reinforce safety at circuits.

The work of the group will start this week and a full presentation of its findings will be made to FIA President Jean Todt at the next meeting of the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council in December in Doha, Qatar.

Bianchi remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital in Japan after he lost control of his Marussia in wet conditions late in the Suzuka race and collided with a recovery vehicle.

Composition of the FIA Accident Panel:

Presidency
Peter Wright, President of the FIA Safety Commission

Members
Ross Brawn, former team principal of the Mercedes and Brawn F1 teams and former F1 technical director with Ferrari

Stefano Domenicali, former Ferrari F1 team principal

Gerd Ennser, FIA Chief Stewards’ representative

Emerson Fittipaldi, President of the FIA Drivers’ Commission, F1 Steward

Eduardo de Freitas, WEC Race Director

Roger Peart, President of the FIA Circuits Commission, President of the ASN of Canada, F1 Steward

Antonio Rigozzi, Advocate, Judge at the International Court of Appeal of the FIA co-opted by the teams

Gerard Saillant, President of the FIA Institute and President of the FIA Medical Commission

Alex Wurz, President of the GPDA, drivers’ representative

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http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2014/10/16516.html

I vote for the button.

But of course, It's not my life who's at risk there.

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Did anyone else read that Jule's Bianchi mother implied somebody was avoiding responsibilities and that she has to be quiet about the whole matter because F1 is a big business?

Could it be true? Or is it just the media stirring things up?

News and no news today

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Don´t stop to for this poor boy!

Jules is not forgotten in Abu Dhabi!

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And he is finally back in France. Hard to know if this what his parent tell is good or not....
#ForzaJules

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I think "breathing unaided" is definitely better than in the artificial coma. Also back in France should be easier for him and the family. #ForzaJules