George Russell's incredible gesture to marshals involved in Zhou Guanyu's Silverstone horror crash
Approaching the one-year anniversary of th🤡e horror crash, with the F1 British Grand Prix re𝔍turning this weekend, memories of Zhou's incident are fresh.
The 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 th👍e 𝕴marshals.
T🐎he incident also involved Russell, who had clippedꦺ Zhou before he flew off the track.
A year later, Merced💜es driver Russell has given a wonderful gift to the F1 marshals who helped Zhou in his moment of need.
Joost van Gerwen, on💟e ♓of the marshals, revealed: "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 invited by George Russell𓂃 for a tour at the Mercedes AMG F1 Operations Centre.
"It was ജa great and a once in a lifetime experience. At the end George joined us for a chat and some photos despite his bus🥀y schedule in between two back-to-back races.
"My thanks go to Gareth Tho🔯mas-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 marshals is sure to beꦍ remembered and replayed.
James was a sports journa🍒list at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
