French Formula One driver Jules Bianchi dies from head injuries he suffered in a crash at last season’s Japanese Grand Prix, after spending nine months in a coma PARIS — French Formula One driver Jules Bianchi died on Friday night from head injuries he suffered in a crash at last season’s Japanese Grand Prix, after spending nine months in a coma.Bianchi, 25, had been fighting for his life under controlled medical conditions in the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire hospital in his home city of Nice, southern France.He is the first Formula One driver to die from a racing accident since triple world champion Ayrton Senna lost his life in San Marino in 1994."Jules fought right to the very end, as he always did, but today his battle came to an end," the Bianchi family said in a statement posted on Facebook in the early hours of Saturday."The pain we feel is immense and indescribable." French President Francois Hollande paid tribute to the gifted Marussia driver."French motorsport has lost...
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