Guanyu Zhou thanks Halon for his life and competes in the Austrian GP 2022

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The accident could have cost Guanyu Zhou his life.

But he survived the horror accident at Silverstone unscathed.

– Halon saved my life, Alfa Romeo driver admits.

Guanyu Zhou
Guanyu Zhou shortly after the start of Silverstone (TT)

Zhou was involved in one of the most horrific crashes we’ve seen in Formula 1 in recent years. After starting the UK GP he had a terrible accident and after the car flipped, climbed up and down for a large number of metres, the car flew over the tire barrier and got stuck between the tire barrier and the spectator fence.

These were horrible scenes and it’s a wonder the safety of the sport today is so good that Cho was able to get back on the track – without suffering any fractures or other injuries.

Guanyu Zhou compete in Austria

In fact, expect to compete at the Red Bull Circuit in a few days:

– I feel good and look forward to competing in Austria, he says.

– It was a terrible crash and fortunately I’m fine. The staff and medical team on the track were fantastic.

The FIA ​​also thanks the cospit’s protective aura, which is simultaneously made of titanium that can withstand 12 tons, and for the work done to improve safety in racing. This was again proof that they were the right decision to introduce halon in 2018. In the same year that Charles Leclerc rescued after a launch crash at the spa, in 2020 he helped Romain Grosjean in connection with a violent accident in Bahrain and in 2021 he helped. Lewis Hamilton was not badly injured when Max Verstappens put marks on his helmet in connection with their collision on Monza. Drivers such as Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and Romain Grosjean were very critical of the Halon when it came, and now it looks different.

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– Hamilton said after Monza 2021: Thank God for Halon it saved me.

Romain Grosjean also thanked Hallon for giving him a second chance after the Bahrain incident.

Cho was not the only driver who needed to undergo a medical after the crash on Silverstpne. Alexander Albon, he is hospitalized, but he is fine and expected to be able to compete this weekend.

“I’m really happy that all the drivers who were involved in the accident at Turn 1 are doing well,” says Albon.

You can read more about the accident at Silverstone here.

Carlos Sainz’s first victory

Carlos Sainz won his first F1 race in the UK. You can read more about the race here.

Sergio Perez finished second and Lewis Hamilton third. Charles Leclerc finished fourth, Fernando Alonso fifth and Lando Norris sixth. Max Verstappen finished seventh and Mick Schumacher earned his first F1 points at Silverstone. Sebastian Vettel finished ninth and Kevin Magnussen took the last point for Haas. The full list of results can be found here.

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such a good race on the track – check it out if you missed the race:

Here is the World Cup table.

Sebastian Vettel turned 35 on Sunday and celebrated driving one of his own cars ahead of today’s race – Nigel Mansell’s classic Williams from 1992.

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