“I’m fine”, reassures Guanyu Zhou after his spectacular crash at the start of the British Grand Prix

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A chilling image. Guanyu Zhou suffered a serious accident at the start of the British Grand Prix on Sunday July 3 at Silverstone. The contact involved Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri), sandwiched between George Russell (Mercedes) and the Chinese Alfa Romeo. The Mercedes driver’s car came to touch that of the Frenchman, before colliding and tipping Zhou’s single-seater.

After long minutes of waiting, thethe car was back on its wheels, before the medical services come to extract the pilot, then evacuated by ambulance to the medical center. “Guanyu Zhou is Conscious”, communicated the Alfa Romeo team on its Twitter account. The FIA ​​was then reassuring: the 23-year-old driver is not suffering “major injury”.

At the end of the afternoon, the Chinese driver finally gave his news. “I’m fine, everything is in order. The halo saved me today”he wrote on Twitter.

“It’s one of the worst accidents I’ve had. I’m glad to know he’s okay”reacted George Russell, forced to give up, at the microphone of Canal +.

Another pile-up involved the cars of Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin), Esteban Ocon (Alpine), Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri) and Alexander Albon (Williams). The latter was also taken to the medical center, before being transported as a precaution to Coventry hospital for further examinations, the FIA ​​said. The Thai driver shared his news on social networks at the start of the evening, giving an appointment in Austria for the next race.


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