We talked about the terrible start of the British Grand Prix, which was immediately interrupted by theincident between Guanyu Zhou, George Russell and Yuki Tsunoda. The Chinese driver of Alfa Romeo immediately overturned at very high speed after the impact with the Mercedes of the Englishman (in turn touched by the AlphaTauri), finishing his race beyond the protective barriers, even impacting against the fence that it also protects the grandstand positioned at that point.
The direction waited several minutes before reproposing the images, making sure of the conditions of Zhou who was recovered with difficulty by the stewards precisely for the point where the Italian-Swiss car stopped. Once on the wrecker it was possible to appreciate even more the severity of the accident, with the roll bar of the C42 completely destroyed and torn up. Fundamental to Zhou’s life was therefore the Halo, which once again played a very important role in terms of safety.
A failure that can in a certain sense be justified by the impact at high speed against the asphalt (you arrive in curve 1 after the start at around 200 km / h), but which is of great concern precisely because it is a part of the road. car that has to support very high loads in impacts.
In all likelihood, Alfa Romeo and also the Federation itself will proceed with in-depth analyzes to understand what actually went wrong; it certainly remains a nice question mark in terms of safety, despite the fact that the structure as a whole (especially thanks to the Halo) has done its job.
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