Zhou recounts horror crash: "I felt something leaking straight away".

Zhou was afraid of fire

The tyres of Zhou and Mercedes driver George Russell collided, causing the Alfa Romeo driver to take a tumble and land upside down on the asphalt. His car slid for tens of metres across the tarmac, then slid through the gravel trap and rolled over the tyre stacks into a fence. The car lay upside down between the fence and the tyre pile. To ESPN he said: "When it stopped, I didn't know where I was, because I was upside down. Then I immediately felt something leaking. I didn't know if it was coming from my body or from the car, so I turned off my engine as soon as I could. It was still on at the time.

Zhou thought that a fire might break out. In that case, it would have been extremely difficult for him to get out of the car. The car was in fact lying upside down between two safety barriers. In another interview with Sky Sports the driver tells about the action of the marshals to get him out of his car. Zhou: "I had to take off my helmet myself. They tried, but it got stuck behind my chin. I moved my body a bit to get out of the car. I waited until they straightened my car, but I didn't realise that I was lying between the fences. That was quite scary."

Much support for Zhou and thanks to the medical team

The Alfa driver has nothing but praise for the marshals at the British GP and for the medical team. On Sunday itself, Zhou was already back on his feet and seemed to be fine. The following day he let himself be heard on social media. He then said that he was fit to ride again. The Chinese received a lot of support from his fellow drivers. On the Thursday before the Austrian GP, Zhou was also declared fit enough by the doctors to take part in the upcoming race weekend.