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Formula One says farewell to Bianchi

  • Friends, relatives and Formula One drivers gather around the coffin of late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi during the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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    Friends, relatives and Formula One drivers gather around the coffin of late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi during the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice

    Friends, relatives and Formula One drivers gather around the coffin of late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi during the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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  • Formula One drivers Jean-Eric Vergne (front) and Romain Grosjean (3rdL), friends and relatives carry the coffin of late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi during the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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    Friends, relatives and Formula One drivers carry the coffin of late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi during the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice

    Formula One drivers Jean-Eric Vergne (front) and Romain Grosjean (3rdL), friends and relatives carry the coffin of late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi during the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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  • Formula One driver Nico Rosberg arrives to attend the funeral ceremony for late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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    Formula One driver Nico Rosberg arrives to attend the funeral ceremony for late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice

    Formula One driver Nico Rosberg arrives to attend the funeral ceremony for late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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  • Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton leaves after the funeral ceremony for late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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    Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton leaves after the funeral ceremony for late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice

    Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton leaves after the funeral ceremony for late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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  • Formula One driver Jean-Eric Vergne (R) speaks with Philippe Bianchi, father of Jules Bianchi, during the funeral ceremony for late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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    Formula One driver Jean-Eric Vergne speaks with Philippe Bianchi, father of Jules Bianchi, during the funeral ceremony for late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice

    Formula One driver Jean-Eric Vergne (R) speaks with Philippe Bianchi, father of Jules Bianchi, during the funeral ceremony for late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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  • Philippe Bianchi, father of late Marussia Formula One driver Jules Bianchi, touches the coffin of his son at the start of the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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    Philippe Bianchi, father of late Marussia Formula One driver Jules Bianchi, touches the coffin of his son at the start of the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice

    Philippe Bianchi, father of late Marussia Formula One driver Jules Bianchi, touches the coffin of his son at the start of the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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  • Formula One drivers Jean-Eric Vergne (R) and Felipe Massa C), friends and relatives gather around the coffin of late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi during the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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    Formula One drivers Jean-Eric Vergne and Felipe Massa, friends and relatives gather gather around the coffin of late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi during the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice

    Formula One drivers Jean-Eric Vergne (R) and Felipe Massa C), friends and relatives gather around the coffin of late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi during the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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  • Friends and Formula One drivers carry the coffin of late Marussia Formula One driver Jules Bianchi as they exit the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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    Friends and Formula One drivers carry the coffin of late Marussia Formula One driver Jules Bianchi as they exit the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice

    Friends and Formula One drivers carry the coffin of late Marussia Formula One driver Jules Bianchi as they exit the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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  • Friends and family stand close as they pray before the funeral ceremony for late Marussia Formula One driver Jules Bianchi at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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    Friends and family stand close as they pray before the funeral ceremony for late Marussia Formula One driver Jules Bianchi at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice

    Friends and family stand close as they pray before the funeral ceremony for late Marussia Formula One driver Jules Bianchi at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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  • Pallbearers carry the coffin of late Marussia Formula One driver Jules Bianchi followed by family members and his father Philippe Bianchi (R) before the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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    Pallbearers carry the coffin of late Marussia Formula One driver Jules Bianchi followed by family members and his father Philippe Bianchi before the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice

    Pallbearers carry the coffin of late Marussia Formula One driver Jules Bianchi followed by family members and his father Philippe Bianchi (R) before the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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  • A wreath of red roses from Ferrari placed outside the cathedral at the funeral ceremony pay tribute to the late Marussia Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, July 21, 2015. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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    Team Ferrari flowers are seen outside the cathedral during the funeral ceremony for late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi at the Sainte Reparate Cathedrale in Nice

    A wreath of red roses from Ferrari placed outside the cathedral at the funeral ceremony pay tribute to the late Marussia Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, July 21, 2015. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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  • Formula One drivers Jean-Eric Vergne (4thR) and Felipe Massa (C), friends and relatives gather around the coffin of late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi during the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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    Formula One drivers Jean-Eric Vergne and Felipe Massa, friends and relatives gather gather around the coffin of late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi during the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice

    Formula One drivers Jean-Eric Vergne (4thR) and Felipe Massa (C), friends and relatives gather around the coffin of late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi during the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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Friends, relatives and Formula One drivers gather around the coffin of late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi during the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
Formula One drivers Jean-Eric Vergne (front) and Romain Grosjean (3rdL), friends and relatives carry the coffin of late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi during the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
Formula One driver Nico Rosberg arrives to attend the funeral ceremony for late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton leaves after the funeral ceremony for late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
Formula One driver Jean-Eric Vergne (R) speaks with Philippe Bianchi, father of Jules Bianchi, during the funeral ceremony for late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
Philippe Bianchi, father of late Marussia Formula One driver Jules Bianchi, touches the coffin of his son at the start of the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
Formula One drivers Jean-Eric Vergne (R) and Felipe Massa C), friends and relatives gather around the coffin of late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi during the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
Friends and Formula One drivers carry the coffin of late Marussia Formula One driver Jules Bianchi as they exit the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
Friends and family stand close as they pray before the funeral ceremony for late Marussia Formula One driver Jules Bianchi at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
Pallbearers carry the coffin of late Marussia Formula One driver Jules Bianchi followed by family members and his father Philippe Bianchi (R) before the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
A wreath of red roses from Ferrari placed outside the cathedral at the funeral ceremony pay tribute to the late Marussia Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, July 21, 2015. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
Formula One drivers Jean-Eric Vergne (4thR) and Felipe Massa (C), friends and relatives gather around the coffin of late Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi during the funeral ceremony at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral in Nice, France, July 21, 2015. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice on Friday, nine months after his crash at Suzuka in Japan and without regaining consciousness. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
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Formula One world champions past and present paid their respects to Jules Bianchi and mourned one of their own at the French driver's funeral on Tuesday. Lewis Hamilton, the current champion for Mercedes, attended the service at Nice's Sainte-Reparate cathedral along with former champions Alain Prost, Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel. The Marussia driver, who had been tipped as a likely future star with every chance of racing for Ferrari, had been in a coma since the accident at Suzuka. FULL STORY