Overview
- A break-in overnight Monday to Tuesday at a rented garage in France took around nine JB17 chassis, the last KZ 125 ART GP kart used by Jules Bianchi, and mini-karts belonging to his grandchildren.
- Philippe Bianchi posted photos on Facebook and asked the karting community to report any JB17 karts spotted in circulation.
- He told Le Parisien the burglary appeared targeted, that the items would be difficult to use today, and that thieves also took Jules’s toolbox.
- Bianchi estimated the machines at roughly €3,000–€4,000 each and expressed hope that community vigilance will help recover them.
- Media describe widespread online sharing of the appeal, with no confirmed leads or recoveries reported to date, after a prior theft hit the family’s association shop in 2020.