Car No 17 retires from Formula1
The 25-year old champ hurled from France, expired during the previous week after he persisted injuries in his brain from the terrible crash at the Japanese Grand Prix on the 5th of October last year. Jules Bianchi was the only driver to die due to suffered from injuries from a particular Formula 1 race since a thrice participated world champion Ayrton Senna died at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.
The Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, the prevailing body of Formula 1 has declared to retire Jules Bianchi's car number 17 in respect of the late Formula 1 motorist. The 25-year-old champ hurled from France, expired during the previous week after he persisted injuries in his brain from the terrible crash at the Japanese Grand Prix on the 5th of October last year. Jules Bianchi was the only driver to die due to suffered from injuries from a particular Formula 1 race since a thrice participated world champion Ayrton Senna died at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.
Bianchi's selected the 17 number for his car as in Formula 1 drivers are given the permission to select their own number.The late racing driver drove this no. 17 car for about 15 times, in the year 2014. So in order to pay him a tribute, the President of President of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Jean Todt said that this car would be retired from the Formula One World Championship.As an outcome, this no. 17 can no longer be used in the Formula 1 tracks.