Ex-Marussia driver Max Chilton has paid tribute to his former teammate Jules Bianchi, who has died at the age of 25.

Bianchi suffered severe head injuries after crashing into a support vehicle at the Japanese Grand Prix last year and spent nine months in a coma.

Chilton, who raced with Bianchi as a youngster, as well as for two years in Formula 1, said of the Frenchman that it was "a pleasure knowing and racing you".

Bianchi is Formula 1's first fatality since the death of Ayrton Senna in 1994.