Carlos Sainz says it is a testament to F1's ever-improving safety that Zhou Guanyu and Roy Nissany both walked away from horror crashes at Silverstone. Competing in the morning's Formula 2 feature race, Nissany clipped Dennis Hauger's car, sending him flying off the circuit and over a sausage kerb. Airborne, the Norwegian driver landed on top of Nissany, the Halo protecting the DAMS racer. 'That's a life saved unequivocally,' was the verdict from the commentators. Hours later, the Halo was again being praised, this time when Zhou was flipped on the opening lap of the Formula 1 race. Sliding across the tarmac and through the gravel with his car upside down as sparks flew, the car dug into...
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