Jean Todt, president of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), has announced that the car number 17 will be retired from the FIA Formula One World Championship in honor of Jules Bianchi.

F-1 car numbers are now personally chosen by each driver and Bianchi had selected to race the No. 17 before he was injured in an accident during the Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuki Circuit. He died of his injuries July 18 at a hospital in France, nine months after the incident in Japan.

As a result, the number 17 can no longer be used for a car competing in the FIA Formula One World Championship.