Zhou involved in frightening 1st-lap crash at British Grand Prix

Zhou Guanyu was involved in a frightening first-lap crash Sunday that brought the British Grand Prix to an immediate halt as safety crews attended to the only Chinese driver in Formula One.

Zhou's car slid upside-down across the gravel and his Alfa Romeo seemed to be wedged between fencing and a tire barrier at the first corner. The race was red-flagged and George Russell, one of the drivers involved in the crash, sprinted from his car to the tire barrier to check on Zhou.

"Zhou is conscious, he is talking, there are no fractures," said a radio broadcast from the Alfa Romeo team to Zhou's teammate Valtteri Bottas. The team said he was the circuit's medical centre.

Zhou Guanyu is conscious and undergoing medical evaluation after this crash to start the British Grand Prix.