Ferrari youngster injured in GP2 crash

31/07/2010

Jules Bianchi, the talented young GP2 driver who is part of the Ferrari Driving Academy, will be out of action for some time following his accident at the Hungaroring at the start of the first race of the seventh round of the championship.

The Art Grand Prix driver fractured his second lumbar vertebra and is currently recovering at Budapest's AEK Hospital.

The French driver, who never lost consciousness after the heavy impact of the accident that happened during the early stages of the race, will not be back in the cockpit until he has fully completed his rehabilitation program.

Bianchi is managed by Nicolas Todt who also manages Felipe Massa who was seriously injured during qualifying a this circuit one year ago.