Afrigather The pair collided in the beginning of the British Grand Prix after Russell tagged Pierre Gasly’s AlphaTauri that was caught between them leaving the startline, which noticed Zhou’s Alfa Romeo then instantly flipped onto its rollhoop and slid at excessive velocity by the gravel entice.
It then smashed over the tyre barrier and got here to relaxation in between that construction and the observe particles fencing defending an overlooking grandstand.
With Zhou trapped within the wreckage and being attended to by marshals and F1’s medical intervention crew, Russell, who had stopped his broken W13 within the runoff, climbed from his wreckage and went to try to give help to the restoration efforts.
When requested what had been going by his thoughts at that second by Motorsport.com as a part of a mirrored image interview protecting his first season as a works Mercedes driver, Russell replied: “If you see an incident like this, on the finish of the day, there are solely 20 Formulation 1 drivers, and you understand how it feels inside that cockpit.
“Sporting three layers of clothes and helmet, gloves and boots, with a radio plug-in, with a drink bottle in your mouth – it is fairly claustrophobic.
“If you see a automotive flying by the air, and land ready, which is basically trapped, that is a reasonably horrendous place to be in.
Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo C42 crashes at begin of race
Photograph by: JEP / Motorsport Images
“I used to be out of the race and if you end up out of the race, your first thought is ‘can I assist him in a means?’
“I assume, if I used to be in that place, I might need each single little bit of assist as quickly as attainable, as a result of you do not know what’s going to occur subsequent, the automotive’s occurring hearth or whatnot.
“So, I assume that was most likely extra of a human response versus a racing driver response.”
Within the crimson flag for Zhou’s crash that lasted almost an hour, the F1 rookie was extracted and brought to the Silverstone medical centre for checks, the place he was declared match and launched.
Each drivers didn’t participate within the restarted occasion finally gained by Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz, with Alex Albon additionally eradicated in the identical incident and requiring a visit to the medical centre, then Coventry Hospital for added checks earlier than being cleared, after braking within the aftermath of the preliminary conflict and his Williams being rear-ended by Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel.
