Formula One - F1 - British Grand Prix 2015 - Silverstone, England - 2/7/15 Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen of Finland during a press conference ahead of the British Grand Prix Reuters / Phil Noble
LONDON (Reuters) - Jules Bianchi was being lined up by Ferrari as the man to replace Kimi Raikkonen before the Frenchman's crash in Japan last October, according to the team's former chairman Luca di Montezemolo.
Bianchi, 25, who died in hospital in Nice on Friday nine months after his shocking accident and without regaining consciousness, had come through Ferrari's driver academy and maintained close ties with Maranello.
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