The family of late F1 driver Jules Bianchi is reportedly taking legal action following his "avoidable" death last year.
Bianchi, 25, suffered fatal head injuries, when his car collided with a mobile crane at the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzaka in October 2014. Bianchi died in a hospital in Nice on July 2015, nine months after being in coma after the alleged injury.
Although sustaining fatal or near fatal injuries on track is not uncommon in Formula 1, yet this is the first time the sports has been dragged on court over an "avoidable injury".
"Jules Bianchi's death was avoidable," said lawyer Julian Chamberlayne, according to BBC, as the Bianchi family believes that the actions of one or more parties may have contributed to the crash.
Chamberlayne added: "The FIA Panel Inquiry Report into this accident made numerous recommendations to improve safety in Formula One but failed to identify where errors had been made which led to Jules' death."
Notably, Bianchi's family will be taking legal actions over the FIA, the sport's governing body, his former Marussia team, and Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One Group.
"We seek justice for Jules, and want to establish the truth about the decisions that led to our son's crash at the Japanese Grand Prix in 2014," his father Philippe said, to Guardian.
"As a family, we have so many unanswered questions and feel that Jules' accident and death could have been avoided if a series of mistakes had not been made."
Notably, Bianchi's car struck a recovery vehicle, which was preparing to tow off Adrian Sutil's Sauber, which came off earlier.
However, former drivers of the Monaco Grand Prix claim that Bianchi's family might be misguided. Jackie Stewart, the three times winner of world championship and F1's lead campaigner for sports safety said, ""It is very sad for his family - and one can only feel great sympathy for them. But I do not think taking legal action is the right path to go down. This can only extend their grief. It will not make the pain go away."
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