BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A minute’s silence has been held in honor of Jules Bianchi before the start of the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, with drivers forming a ring and placing their race helmets on the ground.
Bianchi’s mother and father, brother and sister were asked by the drivers to join them in the ring as they all linked arms on the Hungaroring grid to remember Bianchi. The French driver died last week from injuries sustained in a head-on crash at the Japanese Grand Prix last October.
Drivers have worn tributes such as “Ciao Jules” or “JB 17” — Bianchi’s initials and car number — this weekend as part of tributes to Bianchi, who was 25.
Several drivers shook hands or hugged the Bianchi family.
