George Russell's incredible gesture to marshals involved in Zhou Guanyu's Silverstone horror crash
Approaching the one-year anniversary of the horror crash, with the F1 British Grand Prix returning this weekend, m𝓀emories of Zhou's incident are 🍌fresh.
Thꦍe Alfa Romeo driver admitted that he was fortunate the survive the terrifying crash.
He believes that the Halo device saved his life, and he was rescued from a trapped position by t𒊎he marshals.
The incident also involved Russell, who had🍨 clipped Zhou before he flew off th♑e track.
A year later, Mercedes driver Russell has given a wonderful gift to the F1 marshals who helped Zhou ꦚin his m🀅oment of need.
Joost van Gerwen,🌟 one of the marshals, revealedඣ: "Today I was a guest of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team.
"All the marshals involved in the incident with Zhou last year in Silverstone were iꦐnvited by George Russell for a tour at the Mercedes AMG F1 Operations Centre.
"It ꦬwas a great and a once in a lifetime experience. At the end Geಌorge joined us for a chat and some photos despite his busy schedule in between two back-to-back races.
"My thanks go to Gareth Thomas-Impey for arranging this all and off course to George Russel and꧑ the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team."
Returning to Silver🥀stone this weekend, Zhou's crash and the expert reaction from the marshals is sure to be remembered and replayed.
Jꦜames was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
