Zhou expressed how he felt about his accident: "I know if there is a fire …"

A few hours after experiencing a serious accident in Silverstone, Guanyu Zhouhe only thought a few times to get back in his car after days in Austria, this weekend. And now the Alfa Romeo driver he once again celebrated power by entering his single-seater on red bull ring because he considers it the best thing he can do after a strong fall.

“I’m happy to have two races in a row because if I had a summer break after an accident like that it’s grave, because you would think about it and replay the accident in your mind over and over,” he said. “Good to be back right away,” added Guanyu, who emerged from the accident unscathed and who on Thursday passed a medical examination before the Austrian GP, ​​in what he announced on his network pictured with the FIA Medical staff at Red BullRing.

Zhou, at the press conference before the Austrian GPrecalled his experience in that frightening accident, showing two important reflex actions: when the vehicle was left upside down, the first thing he did was remove his hands from the steering wheel so as not to injure himself in case of impact, and later -later he turned off the engine of his car.

“You can easily break your hands in a crash like that. I knew I was going to ride for a big impact because the car wouldn’t stop. And once I stopped, I didn’t know where I was, because I was upside down. There was (something) was leaking. I’m not sure if it came from my body or the car. So I tried to turn off the engine … I know if the car caught fire, it would be hard to get out of it. ”

“In retrospect, the halo obviously saved me,” he added, reiterating the importance of the ‘halo’ (drivers ’head protection arches located just around the cockpit), as it did in the days of accident.