Jules Bianchi's Family Launch Legal Action After Death: Latest Details, Reaction

Jules Bianchi's family are set to take legal action against Formula One's governing body, Team Marussia and the Formula One Group after the Frenchman died following a crash at Suzuka's Japanese Grand Prix in October 2014.

Per BBC Sport, lawyers are preparing to begin proceedings as the Bianchi family believe "one or more of the three parties may have contributed to the crash" that led to Bianchi's death at the age of 25.

Driving for Marussia in Japan at the October 2014 race, Bianchi suffered head injuries after colliding with a recovery vehicle and died on July 17, 2015, after spending nine months in a coma.

A Press Association report (via the Guardian) relayed a statement from Stewarts Law, the English firm representing the Bianchi family, explaining the situation:

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The family of Formula One racing driver, Jules Bianchi, has today announced they plan to take legal action in England relating to the fatal head injuries Jules Bianchi sustained in a violent collision with a mobile crane at the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka, 2014.

The letters (to the FIA, Marussia and Formula One Group) explain why the Bianchi family feel the actions of one or more of those parties, amongst others, may have contributed to Jules’ fatal accident and invite them to accept that errors were made in the planning, timing, organisation and conduct of the race which took place in dangerous conditions during the typhoon season in Japan.

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Per BBC Sport, Julian Chamberlayne, a Stewarts Law partner, said the driver's death was "avoidable," while Bianchi's father, Philippe, said they were searching for the truth. 

"We seek justice for Jules and want to establish the truth about the decisions that led to our son's crash," Philippe Bianchi said. "As a family, we have so many unanswered questions and feel that Jules' accident and death could have been avoided if a series of mistakes had not been made."

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Bianchi was the first F1 driver to die from injuries sustained in a race since Ayrton Senna's fatal accident on May 1, 1994, at the San Marino Grand Prix.

Per PA's report, the sport's governing body, the FIA, concluded after their investigation into the 2014 crash that "tricky conditions, Bianchi’s speed, and the presence of a crane" all contributed to the accident.