At least four major publications believe there are "growing concerns" about the health condition of seriously injured F1 driver Jules Bianchi.
At present, the only official news is that the Frenchman suffered a ’diffuse axonal injury’ in his Suzuka crash last Sunday, and now lies in a Japanese hospital in a ’critical but stable’ condition.
But the British newspapers the Guardian, the Telegraph and the Times have all now expressed ’growing’ fears about Bianchi’s condition, particularly after the Marussia driver’s siblings and best friend jetted into Japan to be with his parents at his bedside.
"The FIA does not want to give information about Bianchi’s health," said the major German daily Bild.
"Bild’s information is that his condition is said to have deteriorated."
Jean-Eric Vergne, Bianchi’s closest friend on the F1 grid, said at Sochi that the 25-year-old is currently "between life and death" in Japan.