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F1 driver undergoes surgery for head injury after Grand Prix crash

Formula One driver Jules Bianchi has undergone surgery after suffering a severe head injury at the Japanese Grand Prix.

The FIA confirmed Bianchi, who drives for Marussia, was unconscious when taken to hospital in an ambulance.

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Marussia to race one car out of respect for Bianchi

F1 team Marussia will race with only one car in this weekend's race in Sochi, Russia, out of respect for their driver Jules Bianchi.

In a statement on the team's website, Marussia said they would run a single car, driven by Bianchi's team mate Max Chilton, in the Russian Grand Prix.

"The Team feels strongly that fielding a single car, that of driver number 4, Max Chilton, is the appropriate course of action under the difficult circumstances of the weekend", the team said.

Bianci remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital in Yokkaichi, Japan, after he was seriously injured in the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka last weekend.

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