Yokkaichi: The parents of F1 driver Jules Bianchi arrived at his bedside in Japan yesterday where he is in a critical but stable condition after one of the sport's worst crashes in nearly two decades.


FIA F1 head of communications and media delegate Matteo Bonciani answers questions from journalists at the Mie General Medical Centre in Yokkaichi yesterday. Pic/Getty Images 

Philippe and Christine Bianchi entered the hospital without speaking to journalists, as a row brewed in the rarefied world of F1 over why race organisers had pressed ahead with their planned 3pm start time when such heavy rain was expected.