F1 drivers call for better safety

Monaco: The Formula One drivers union on Saturday called for better safety measures on race circuits after the death of French driver Jules Bianchi. F1 must "never relent in improving safety," the Grand Prix Drivers Association (GPDA) said in a tribute to Bianchi who died nine months after suffering critical brain injuries in a crash at the Japanese GP.

The GPDA called Bianchi "a great talent, a great man and a great friend. Twenty-one years after the deaths of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger, we have now lost Jules, who has died as a direct consequence of an on track accident.

"It is at times like this that we are brutally reminded of how dangerous racing still remains. Despite considerable improvements, we, the GP drivers, owe it to the racing community, to the lost ones and to Jules, his family and friends, to never relent in improving safety."