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 Britis𝐆h Grand Prix returning this weekend, memories of Zhou's incident are fresh.
The Alfa Romeo driver admitted that he was fortunate💞 the su🍒rvive the terrifying crash.
He believes t🃏hat the Halo device saved his life, and he was rescued from a trapped position by the marshals.
The incident also involved Russell, who had clipped Zhou before he flew off theꦅ track.
A year later, Mercedes driver Russell h🥂as given a wonderful gift to the𝓰 F1 marshals who helped Zhou in his moment of need.
Joost van Gerwen, one of the marshals, revealed: "Today I was a g♈uest of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team.
"All the marshalsꦬ involved in the incident with Zhou last year in Silverstone were invited by George Russell for a tour at the Mercedes AMG F1 Operations Ce♕ntre.
"It was a great and a once in a lifetime experience. At the end George 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 and the Mercedes AMG Petronas🎶 F1 Team."
Returning🤪 to Silverstone this weekend, Zhou's crash and the expert reaction from the m൩arshals is sure to be remembered and replayed.
James was a sports journalist at Sky ꦑS🅺ports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
