Did the Roll Hoop FAIL in Zhou's Crash?
- Posted by droid on Jul 08, 2022
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The crash at the start of the British Grand Prix was incredibly scary to watch, there were multiple cars involved - but the most serious incident was the one between George Russell and Zhou Guanyu.
That led to Zhou’s car being flipped at more than 150mph and sliding across the track upside down.
But one of the most concerning things, is that the safety feature that was put in place to protect the driver in this sort of incident, the roll hoop, wasn’t there during the crash.
So what happened? Did it fail? Or is something else going on here?
Let’s get into it.
Now, we should first address the incident. It was a wrong place, wrong time thing.
George Russell was alongside Zhou when he moved over to take the racing line, not realising that Gasly was between them. This send George into a half