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Bianchis father losing hope due to daily torture
The Frenchman was transferred to his home city of Nice in November but is yet to awaken from his coma.
Philippe Bianchi says he is now "less optimistic" about his son, Jules, recovering from the injuries that put him in a coma last year.
Jules Bianchi's father says he suffers torture every day his son remains in a coma following a crash at the Japanese Grand Prix in October.
Marussia driver Bianchi collided with a recovery vehicle at a rain-soaked Suzuka and suffered a diffuse axonal injury.
The Frenchman was transferred to his home city of Nice in November but is yet to awaken from his coma.
"It's unbearable, it's a daily torture," father Philippe told France Info.
"We sometimes feel like we're going crazy, because for me it's certainly more terrible than if he had died, as we're not able to help him more than we can.
"In general, progress must be made in the first six months; it's been nine months and Jules is still not awake and there is no significant progress.
"Time goes by and I'm now less optimistic than I may have been two or three months after the crash, when we could hope for a better outcome."