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So, how was *your* weekend?

So, how was *your* weekend?

The "halo" saves the life of another F1 driver.

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Damian Penny
Jul 04, 2022
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Better than Zhou Guanyu’s, I hope:

See that little yellow patch sliding across the ground? That’s right next to Zhou’s head.

And he was well enough to post a selfie shortly thereafter:

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A post shared by 周冠宇 | Zhou Guanyu 🇨🇳 (@zhouguanyu24)

Everyone watching yesterday’s British Grand Prix got that sinking feeling in the pit of their stomachs when the broadcast wouldn’t show a replay of Zhou’s wreck, nor say whether he had gotten out of the car or was even still conscious. Last time I felt like that was during the 2020 Daytona 500, after which I went to bed thinking I had just watched Ryan Newman lose his life.

Newman walked out of the hospital a few days later.

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