If Charlie had seen it... He'd have got medical to that spot immediately. I don't see any reason to doubt anything in that report tbh.
I assumed that video is amateur footage. Certainly looks it to me. So Charlie would not have seen it at that stage.
Thank you for the corrections. Wasn't blaming Charlie I just was concerned with the way it was worded, thought he was trying to cover himself. Think he does fantastic work as do they all. EDIT: A question which I have seen raised on other forums is - do F1 cars still have black boxes like aeroplanes? I know they *used* to because there were allegations that Senna's black boxes were wiped before they could be read. And I've heard a lot of people suggesting they should have them. But do they not still have them? That would clear up any issues with Bianchi's telemetry. Unless it's linked to the fact that the FIA's accident-detection systems were destroyed in the crash?
There is actually an answer to this - for... I think bandwidth reasons, they can only have so many of the onboard cameras active at one time, I think it's 9. At the time of Bianchi's crash, since he wasn't doing all that much, his camera wasn't active.
I saw that this morning and was quite saddened and shocked. I knew it was serious but I didn't realise it was still life threatening.
This is very sad news. I had hoped that it was something he could bounce back from and that we'd see him back racing, if not next season then the following one; now it looks very different. I found this part especially painful: It's very brave of Jules' dad to be so candid and I think we should be grateful for it.
Too early to say.. but it appears his racing days could be over, wish to be proven wrong here though! Just pray he still has many many years to live, as normal as possible.. #ForzaJules!
I hate looking at this thread, purely because I always expect the worst. However the not knowing is sometimes more infuriating. Regards the press reporting on driving standard under the yellow flag situation, it seems that the piers that be hold several drivers culpable of not abiding by the rules - hence the speed limiter trial in Austin. If I was a betting man though, I would expect that it is the potential defence for future litigation, but this isn't the time to be discussing it - IMO!
Even if they did tell him to push, they are a racing team and were in a race, it's kind of expected! Non story. somebody stirring IMO.
@LorenzoDL83: Jules mother "Some people say some things to break free from his responsibilities. Forced to remain silent?'s F1 is big business ..."
Former Formula 1 team bosses Ross Brawn and Stefano Domenicali, plus GPDA president Alex Wurz, have joined the FIA Accident Panel that will investigate Jules Bianchi's Japanese Grand Prix crash. While Bianchi remains in a critical condition in hospital following his collision with a recovery vehicle at Suzuka, the FIA has pushed on in making clear that lessons must be learned from what happened. FIA president Jean Todt said: "We will learn from what has happened, because we cannot be facing such a situation again." In a bid to ensure the governing body's analysis is thorough, an Accident Panel has been created. Its members include Brawn, Domenicali, Emerson Fittipaldi and Wurz. Led by Peter Wright, who is president of the FIA's Safety Commission, the panel will spend the next few weeks going over in detail the events leading up to Bianchi's crash - as well as make recommendations to ensure that there can be no repeat in the future. A statement issued by the FIA said: "The group will carry out a full review of the accident to gain a better understanding of what happened, and will propose new measures to reinforce safety at circuits, with recommendations to be made for the FIA President." The group will begin its work this week and a full presentation of its findings is due to be presented to the FIA's World Motor Sport Council on December 3. The full line-up of the Accident Panel is: President Peter Wright, president of the Safety Commission Members Ross Brawn, former team principal of Mercedes, Brawn Grand Prix and former technical director of Ferrari Stefano Domenicali, former team principal of Ferrari Gerd Ennser, chief stewards' representative Emerson Fittipaldi, president of the FIA drivers' commission, F1 steward Eduardo de Freitas, WEC race director Roger Peart, president of the Circuits Commission, president of the ASN of Canada, F1 steward Antonio Rigozzi, advocate, judge at the International Court of Appeal of the FIA co-opted by the teams Gerard Saillant, president of the FIA Institute and president of the Medical Commission Alex Wurz, president of the GPDA, drivers' representative
An update on Jules's condition from Marussia. But is no news good news? Stable is the only vaguely positive thing I can get out of it.
