The television images sent chills down my spine. So much so that we feared the worst for Guanyu Zhou, Sunday, from the start of the British Grand Prix.
The single-seaters of Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), George Russell (Mercedes) and Zhou (Alfa-Romeo) made contact as they approached the first corner. Zhou Guanyu’s single-seater, hit by Russell’s, overturned to finish its race on the other side of the safety barriers, against the fences separating the track from the spectators.
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At the same time, Alexander Albon (Williams), Esteban Ocon – but also the German Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) and the Japanese Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) – were also indirectly involved in the accident – the Williams having been sent against the barriers as the pilot tried to slow down.
“The halo saved me”
While Zhou came out of the medical center “in good health”, Albon was taken to hospital “for precautionary examinations”. The Chinese quickly appeared on social networks to reassure his fans.
” I’m fine. The halo saved me today,” wrote the man who is playing his first season in F1. Before developing his thinking a little more in a press release issued by his team.
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“It was a big accident and I’m happy to get out of it. I must also thank the FIA and Formula 1 for all the work they have done, and continue to do, to improve the safety of our cars: the halo saved me today, and that shows that every step we take to improve our cars yields tangible and valuable results,” Zhou testified.
Albon is already thinking about the next Grand Prix
The halo also, perhaps, avoided more serious injuries to Albon who, hit from the rear, first hit the barriers on the right of the road, before losing control of his single-seater then being hit twice by other pilots.
Evacuated to a hospital in Coventry, he finally received the fire of the doctors to go out in the evening.
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“I am happy that all those involved in the accident are well,” said Albon, quoted in his team. And proof that he is well, he is already concentrating on the next race, in Austria on Sunday.
