Jules Bianchi "impressing" Marussia

Marussia driver Jules Bianchi has impressed many people at the start of his debut season in Formula 1, according to sporting director Graeme Lowdon.

Bianchi, who joined Marussia after missing out to Adrian Sutil at Force India, has been one of the faster drivers at the back of the field in the opening two grands prix of the 2013 season.

"The engineering team are helping him, making sure he's in the right place on the race track," Lowdon told Autosport. "I think he's impressing a lot of people at the minute.

"He's not making any mistakes. He had a bit of a wobble on the formation lap in Malaysia but everybody did. He ran wide but four or five cars did."

The next Grand Prix weekend starts on April 12 in Shanghai.