Jules Bianchi was lined up as future Ferrari driver

Jules Bianchi was being lined up as a future Ferrari driver, according to the Italian team’s former chairman Luca di Montezemolo.

The 25-year-old died last Friday following devastating brain injuries sustained in a crash at the Japanese Grand Prix on October 5.

Bianchi never regained consciousness after he hit a recovery vehicle head-on at the rain-lashed race in Suzuka and became the first Formula One driver to die as a result of injuries at a grand prix weekend since three-time world champion Ayrton Senna was killed in San Marino in May 1994.