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Motor Sports

Bianchi brought out of coma

Formula One driver Jules Bianchi has been brought out of an artificial coma and arrived back in France on Wednesday, nearly seven weeks after his near-fatal crash at the Japanese Grand Prix. The 25-year-old Frenchman's family said in a statement that the Marussia driver was still listed as "critical" and he could remain in a serious way for a long time. It said it was delighted he had stabilized enough to be flown to a hospital in Nice, near the family home.