The Chinese F1 rookie miraculously escaped without injury after his car was thrown upside down and flipped over the Turn 1 barriers before coming to a rest against the catch fencing.
Zhou later praised the Halo cockpit protection device for saving him.
Below is a selection of some remarkable images of the dramatic incident from start to finish.
Guanyu Zhou (CHN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team C42 crashes at the start of the race. Formula 1 World…
Guanyu Zhou (CHN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team C42 crashes at the start of the race. Formula 1 World…
Guanyu Zhou (CHN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team C42 crashes at the start of the race. Formula 1 World…
Guanyu Zhou (CHN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team C42 crashes at the start of the race. Formula 1 World…
Guanyu Zhou (CHN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team C42 crashes at the start of the race. Formula 1 World…
Guanyu Zhou (CHN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team C42 crashes at the start of the race. Formula 1 World…
Guanyu Zhou (CHN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team C42 crashes at the start of the race. Formula 1 World…
Guanyu Zhou (CHN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team C42 crashes at the start of the race. Formula 1 World…
Guanyu Zhou (CHN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team C42 crashes at the start of the race. Formula 1 World…
Guanyu Zhou (CHN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team C42 crashes at the start of the race. Formula 1 World…
Guanyu Zhou (CHN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team C42 crashes at the start of the race. Formula 1 World…
Guanyu Zhou (CHN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team C42 crashes at the start of the race. Formula 1 World…
George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W13 crashed at the start of the race, rushes to check the…
George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 checks the condition of Guanyu Zhou (CHN) Alfa Romeo F1…
Guanyu Zhou (CHN) is extracted from his Alfa Romeo F1 Team C42 after he crashed at the start…
Guanyu Zhou (CHN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team is taken away on a stretcher into an ambulance after he…
Guanyu Zhou (CHN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team is taken away on a stretcher into an ambulance after he…
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