A horrific accident at the British GP about to cost the life of Formula 1 driver Guanyu Zhou

When the traffic lights went out, the race did not last more than ten seconds. The cars left their starting points just moments before Pierre Gasly collided with George Russell’s rear wheel. The Briton turned a corner and ended up overlapping his front wheel with that of Guanyu Zou, who turned the bell and was upside down. The car, upside down, has started to slide until it reaches the gravel of the first escape route. The car has started to sway as it was reversing at high speed. Two wheels hit the asphalt again and blew up the car, which passed over the tire barrier. The Alfa Romero has been embedded in the safety space between the fence that separates the public from the circuit and the rubber wall.

The world has stopped for a few moments. The red flag has flown on the circuit and all eyes have been fixed on the car of the first Chinese driver in Formula 1. There was no news and the television did not serve any image about the accident. There has been silence on the radios, only broken by orders from the box for everyone to return to the in the pit lane. The only image that could be seen of the moments after the accident was Russell getting out of my legs help me out of the Mercedes to go as fast as he could to Zhou. The Briton, who could because he only had a puncture despite being stopped off the track, has left an image of camaraderie and humanity.

Zhou’s car has been badly damaged, but the driver is out of danger. The great difficulty for the commissioners has been to disengage the car, which has been left vertical between the fence and the wall. The Chinese man has been taken to the hospital on a conscious circuit and it has been possible to certify that he has not broken any fractures, and in fact he has already been discharged. It was possible thanks to the halo, the structure that covers the pilot’s body. This safety system – which raised some dust in its establishment – has become an insurance for the life of the pilots. In addition to saving Zhou’s life, in a spectacular F2 crash where Dennis Hauger’s car landed on Roy Nissany’s car, it has been the element that has avoided misfortune. The driver was buried in his rival’s car and thanks to the halo he was protected and was able to get out alive.

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