Silverstone’s first lap saw a pile-up that could have potentially cost the life of at least one F1 driver during Sunday’s Grand Prix.
Zhou Guanyu, a racer with the Alfa Romeo team, ended up trapped between a steel barrier and metal fencing after he was flipped upside down and out of control at 160mph on the Northamptonshire racetrack.
The 23-year-old Chinese racer had to be extracted from his wrecked car and taken to the on-track medical centre following the horrendous opening corner incident.
