Emotional Manor reminded of Bianchi

Manor sporting director Graeme Lowdon has admitted that this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix will be tough for the team, as it marks the anniversary of Jules Bianchi’s points finish last season .

Bianchi scored the team’s first ever points with a ninth-place finish, but is currently in hospital after a horror crash in Japan last year.

The Frenchman is in hospital nearby in Nice, and Lowdon admits that he will be on everyone’s mind.

He told AUTOSPORT: "Without any question it will be an emotional occasion for this team. A lot of people in the team have been thinking about it; I've certainly been thinking about it, so it will be difficult.

"Going back is going to remind us of so many good times of a team-mate who is currently in hospital.

"There will be some difficult personal moments for everybody in the team, primarily because of Jules of course, but also because it was such a memorable race weekend and of what we achieved in the end.

"Obviously the result was great for our team, and it really was a full team effort.

"But every sport has heroes, and in our sport the drivers are the heroes, and Jules just drove a really great race that day."

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