Zhou Guanyu took a photo of the scene of the crash and rollover and said that he was fine: How good is the Halo protection of F1?
In the F1 British Grand Prix held on the evening of the 3rd, Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu suffered a serious accident-his car was knocked into the air, rolled over, and slid a long distance in an inverted situation until it hit the fence and stopped.
According to the latest news from the Alfa Romeo team, Zhou Guanyu is currently conscious and is currently undergoing evaluation at the medical center at the track. Then he himself posted that he was fine and thanked Halo for saving his life.
According to CCTV news, on July 3, local time, the F1 British Grand Prix was held at Silverstone, but there was a serious crash at the start of the race. Zhou Guanyu, a Chinese driver who represented the Alfa Romeo team, rolled off the track in the accident until it hit the guardrail and stopped.
A video shows that after Zhou Guanyu was hit, the vehicle turned completely bottom up, turned horizontally for many times, and turned over the tire wall. In the previous qualifying match in the UK, Zhou Guanyu advanced to Q3 again and finally won the ninth place, beating teammate Bottas in the qualifying match for 3 consecutive matches. It is worth mentioning that this is the best result of Zhou Guanyu’s career qualifying.
For such a good result, Zhou Guanyu also expressed his feelings after the game: “Saturday’s qualifying is full of challenges, but I want to say: as a rookie, I can perform well! It feels really good to be able to enter Q3 for two consecutive stops. It’s great. It’s really nice to feel like I’m growing as an F1 driver. I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s race (3rd).”
In the F1 British Grand Prix on the evening of the 3rd, Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu suffered a serious accident. Fortunately, with the protection of the HALO system, Zhou Guanyu is fine. What exactly is a HALO system? It is mainly used to protect the driver from flying debris and retains the open cockpit typical of formula cars. Because of its appearance, it is nicknamed “flip-flops” by many car fans.
Test data shows that the HALO system can withstand a static load of 15 times the vehicle’s own mass in the event of a car crash, effectively protecting the driver’s safety. In other words, this 7kg component can withstand about 12 tons of impact and is the strongest part of the car. The official description of F1 is very interesting – it can hold the weight of a double-decker bus.
Additionally, HALO prevents the helmet from touching walls or obstacles during vehicle-to-environment testing. The HALO head protection system is made of titanium alloy and has been introduced to F1 since the 2018 season, but it was full of opposition at the beginning.
Since HALO increases the weight by 7 kilograms and affects the stability of the vehicle’s center of gravity and the bearing capacity of the chassis due to the appearance design, it increases the cost of debugging and research and development of each team.
From an aerodynamic point of view, HALO also changes the kinetic energy of the downstream airflow, especially the rear wing… It is even more suspected that adding HALO will increase the driver’s escape time from the cockpit.
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