Jules Bianchi’s last kart disappeared during a burglary earlier this week. The father of the late pilot launched an appeal to try to find this piece of inestimable sentimental value.
The pain of a father who has just had one of his son’s memories taken away. In a message written on Facebook, Philippe Bianchi revealed that he was the victim of a burglary during the night from Monday to Tuesday. In the family home, individuals have gotten their hands on goods whose sentimental value is priceless. One of the stolen machines was the last kart of Jules Bianchi, who was killed behind the wheel of his Marussia during the 2015 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix at age 25.
A call for online solidarity to find the karts
On social networks, Philippe Bianchi launched a call for “karting family” hoping to collect information on these little cars which could find themselves on the tracks soon. “We were robbed and unscrupulous thieves made off with nine JB17 Forever chassis. Worse still, they stole Jules’ last kart, a KZ 125 ART GP model, as well as my grandsons’ mini-karts. Beyond the value of the machines, it is the sentimental value that hurts us the most. wrote the father of the Nice pilot.
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A kart with which he had excelled before driving single-seaters
The latter attached photos to his message. We see the former great hope of French motorsport posing in front of the kart behind the wheel of which he had trained and shone by becoming Asia-Pacific champion in 2005. Performances which had caught the eye of Nicolas Todt, son of Jean Todt and driver’s agent, taking him under his wing at the age of 17. With him, Jules Bianchi had climbed the ranks in single-seaters before landing a drive in Formula 1 with Marussia, a Russian team.
Philippe Bianchi’s call for help triggered a wave of online support from Internet users who massively relayed photos of the stolen karts in question. A precious chain of solidarity which will perhaps make it possible to find the shamefully stolen goods.
Already a theft in 2020 from the association’s shop
Unfortunately, this is not the first time that the Bianchi family has been the victim of thugs. In 2020, the store of the Jules Bianchi association was the target of burglars. The thugs had taken away around ten pairs of branded shoes and clothing bearing the champion’s image.
