A review of Jules Bianchi's serious crash on lap 43 of the Japanese Grand Prix has shown that the Frenchman likely did not slow enough in the approach to turn 7, where double yellow flags were waved. Bianchi lost control of his Marussia in Turn 7, and struck a mobile crane that was recovering Adrian Sutil’s Sauber, which had crashed the lap before. Bianchi suffered life-threatening injuries to his head, and was evacuated to hospital by ambulance. The weather conditions at the time were rain and a deteriorating track condition, and the section of the track where the accident occurred was subject to double yellow flags, due to Sutil’s crash. A review of all the evidence and other...
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