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Chinese Formula One driver Zhou Guanyu has revealed he is planning on an immediate return to the track at this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix after avoiding injury in a terrifying high-speed crash on the opening lap of the British Grand Prix.

A record 142,000 crowd at Silverstone watched horrified as Zhou's Alfa Romeo skidded upside down before flipping over the tyre wall and smashing into the outside fence leaving the 23-year-old trapped in his cockpit.

He had to be cut out of his car and taken away on a stretcher but, miraculously, the protective halo bar above his helmet - introduced as a safety measure by F1 in 2018 - meant he was given a clear bill of health after assessment.

George Russell, who clipped Zhou's tyre in the build-up to the flip, ran over to check on the driver and said the accident was the scariest thing he had seen.

A host of medics also arrived on the scene quickly as they tried to get Zhou out of the car. 

He went to a medical centre as a precaution after the high-speed collision, before Alfa Romeo confirmed that Zhou had not suffered any major injuries and was later given the all-clear.

In a message on social media on Monday, Zhou said he would 'see you guys in Austria', where the next Grand Prix of the season is scheduled to take place in Spielberg from Friday to Sunday.