Marussia ask for patience as Bianchi to have surgery on 'severe head injury'

Marussia have issued a statement thanking fans for their support and asked for “patience and understanding” after Jules Bianchi’s accident at yesterday’s Japanese Grand Prix.

The 25-year-old Frenchman was left requiring surgery on a severe head injury having ploughed into the back of a tractor which had been rescuing the stricken Sauber of Adrian Sutil, who had spun off the Suzuka circuit on the previous lap.