Zhou Guanyu says Halo device ‘saved’ him during terrifying F1 crash

Zhou Guanyu credit a safety gadget launched to System 1 automobiles in 2018 for holding him alive.

The “Halo,” a titanium construction protecting the cockpit that was disliked by some drivers for the way it made the automobiles look, protected Zhou throughout his terrifying crash Sunday throughout the first lap of the British Grand Prix, when his Alfa Romeo flipped the other way up, skidded off the monitor and flipped over the tire barrier earlier than hurdling right into a fence.

Insane fan footage of the Silverstone crash. Zhou’s automotive finally ends up proper subsequent to them 😮
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The Halo titanium construction protected Zhou Guanyu when his automotive flipped the other way up Sunday on the F1 British Grand Prix.

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Zhou, 23, was stretchered off and brought for analysis however cleared and launched from the medical heart throughout the race.

“I’m OK, all clear. Halo saved me at present,” Zhou wrote Sunday on Twitter. “Thanks everybody to your form messages!”

Zhou took to Twitter once more Monday morning to supply extra thanks and specific his eagerness to get again in motion.

Zhou Guanyu’s automotive ended up caught between the fence and barrier.

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Zhou Guanyu was stretchered off however was acutely aware and later cleared following a medical analysis.

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“Hello everybody! Thanks all for the type messages. I need to thank the marshals and the medical staff at Silverstone, they have been actually implausible,” Zhou wrote. “I’m keener than ever to get again on monitor, see you guys in Austria!”

Alex Albon was additionally concerned in a separate collision after Zhou’s crash. Albon didn’t maintain any severe accidents however was helicoptered to Coventry Hospital for precautionary causes.