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Motor racing-French Formula One driver Bianchi dies in hospital

July 18 (Reuters) - French Formula One driver Jules Bianchi has died of injuries sustained at last year's Japanese Grand Prix, his family said in a statement on Saturday. He was 25. Bianchi had been in a coma since the accident at Suzuka last October. He passed away at a hospital in Nice, near his parents' home in the south of France. (Reporting by Peter Rutherford; Editing by Nick Mulvenney)