What happened at Silverstone in 2022?
A multi-car crash occurred on the opening lap, in which Zhou Guanyu’s car flipped over the tyre wall marking the circuit boundaries. Zhou Guanyu’s Silverstone crash was one of the most dramatic the sport has seen in many years – but how did F1 marshals rescue the trapped driver from the car?Zhou’s car ended up taking the brunt of the impact after Pierre Gasly and George Russell came together on Lap 1 at Silverstone, the rookie driver’s Alfa Romeo flipping and skidding across the floor before being thrown into the barriers beyond the Turn 1 run-off area.
Who won Silverstone in 2022?
It was an action-packed 2022 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, as Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz raced to his first victory in Formula One. A late safety car played to his advantage, and he was able to pass his team-mate Charles Leclerc before holding off Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton for a famous victory on Sunday. Lewis Hamilton has won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone a record nine times – the most victories for a Formula 1 driver at a single circuit or grand prix. The seven-time world champion has taken victory at Silverstone in 2008, each year from 2014 to 2017 and 2019 to 2021 and again in 2024.