Plea made to find stolen karts of late F1 racer Jules Bianchi

Philippe Bianchi, father of late System 1 driver Jules Bianchi, has made an emotional plea on social media following the theft of quite a few karts.

Jules Bianchi was a promising prospect of Ferrari’s Younger Driver Programme and made his F1 debut in 2013 with the Marussia crew.

In 2014, he scored his and the crew’s first factors when he completed ninth on the Monaco Grand Prix.

Throughout that 12 months’s Japanese Grand Prix, he was concerned in an incident with a trackside automobile, which left him with extreme head trauma.

He was positioned right into a medically induced coma, and remained so for 9 months till his dying on 17 July 2015.

Bianchi turned the primary F1 driver to lose their life resulting from an incident since Ayrton Senna in 1994.

Within the wake of his son’s dying, Philippe Bianchi created a basis to assist younger drivers.

On Wednesday, Philippe Bianchi posted on his social media channels that 9 JB17 Without end karting chassis have been stolen, in addition to the final kart Jules Bianchi ever raced.

He made an emotional plea to assist get well the misplaced karts.

“Pricey pals, tonight I’m addressing my karting household,” he wrote.

“Final evening we have been burgled, and the unscrupulous thieves made off with 9 JB17 Without end chassis.

“Even worse, they stole Jules’ final kart, a KZ 125 ART GP mannequin, in addition to my grandsons’ mini karts.

“Aside from the worth of the machines, it’s the sentimental worth that hurts us.

“For those who see any JB17 karts in circulation, please let me know. Thanks prematurely.”