On Sunday,
Zhou Guanyu
was engaged in a terrifying incident that
halted
the British
Grand Prix
immediately .
Zhou Guanyu is a
Chinese racing driver
who currently drives for
Alfa Romeo
in Formula One.
He is the
first
Formula One driver from
China
.
Zhou's car
slid down gravel and his
Alfa Romeo
seemed to be
stuck
between a
fence
and a
tire
barrier
at the first corner.
The race was red flagged and
George Russell
, one of the drivers
involved
in the
accident
,
ran
in his car to the tire barrier to
check
on
Zhou
.
Team manager
Beit Zehnder
told German broadcaster Sky Sport that
Zhou
was speaking and was being
taken
to the
medical center
at
Silverstone
.
Russell
was initially hit from behind and knocked over to
Zhou
, whose car blew into a
gravel trap
and over a tire wall into the retaining fence.
The car was sliding on a
"halo"
that protects the
driver's head
.
The
FIA
, the governing body for
F1
, said
Zhou
and
Williams
driver
Alexander Albon
are being
medically
evaluated.
The drivers
returned
to the pits to await the restart.
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