
Formula One drivers -- including Pastor Maldonado and Felipe Massa (seen here) -- attend the funeral of racer Jules Bianchi, who was honored in a service at the Cathedrale Sainte Reparate in Nice on July 21.

A large crowd gathered to pay tribute to the Marussia driver, who died following the effects of head injuries sustained in a crash in rainy conditions at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix.

World champion Lewis Hamilton was one of many drivers who attended the funeral of their popular racing peer.

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg pauses at the main entrance to the cathedral where tributes had been lain below a portrait of Jules Bianchi in his Marussia racing suit.

Sebastian Vettel (right) helped carry Bianchi's coffin. Here he hugs Philippe Bianchi, the father of Jules Bianchi.

Bianchi began his F1 career in 2011 as a Ferrari test driver. The Frenchman's career-best result was ninth at the 2014 Monaco Grand Prix. He was also a popular figure in F1's close community.