Updated On: 19 July, 2015 12:55 PM IST | | Abhishek Takle
<p>Twenty-five-year-old French Formula One driver succumbs to his death in Nice on Friday, nine months after suffering head injuries at the Japanese Grand Prix</p>

Jules Bianchi at the Formula One pre-season test in Jerez, Spain on January 31, 2014
Formula One driver Jules Bianchi, who had been in a coma following severe head injuries sustained in last October's Japanese Grand Prix, passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to a statement from his family. He was 25.
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Jules Bianchi at the Formula One pre-season test in Jerez, Spain on January 31, 2014. Pic/AFP