Jules Bianchi left us a year ago

An immense void. Jules Bianchi has left a huge void for a year and this day of July 17, 2015, when his last fight ended. From Jules Bianchi, these are images that we wish to preserve, like those of the superb hero of a Monaco Grand Prix in May 2014, but also those of a person appreciated by the entire paddock F1, and in the world of motorsport in general.

With a smile still on his face, the Niçois was the most prominent hope in French F1. Integrated into the fold Ferrari since 2009, the future seemed clear for the man who had already made his mark in the lower categories, both at SG Formula and at ART Grand Prix and Tech1 Racing.

From 2013, it was in the premier discipline that the little prince arrived within the Marussia team. After a successful first campaign in the modest stable of John Booth and Graeme Lowdon, Jules Bianchi achieved a resounding feat in Monaco the following year by taking ninth place in the streets of the Principality, at the wheel of a car swirling red.

It was before that disastrous day in October 2014…