The British Grand Prix was suspended before the end of the first lap after two huge collisions involving multiple drivers on the pit straight resulted in Zhou Guanyu s Alfa Romeo ending up on the wrong side of the tyre barriers at Turn 1.
Zhou Guanyu said he was “all clear” Sunday after a frightening first-lap crash that brought the British Grand Prix to an immediate halt as safety crews attended to the only Chinese driver in Formula One. Zhou’s car slid upside-down across the gravel and his Alfa Romeo seemed to be wedged between fencing and a tire…
The start of the British Grand Prix witnessed a dramatic pair of crashes, from which all the participants thankfully emerged from unharmed – although Zhou Guanyu, Alex Albon and George Russell would play no further part in the race at Silverstone as a result.
Zhou s Alfa Romeo was catapulted upside down, the Chinese rookie s head saved by his car s roll hoop-halo as it skidded off across a gravel trap and over tyre barriers into the catch fencing, where it bounced back to finish semi-upright in a stationary position.