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Zhou Guanyu (Chinese: 周冠宇; pinyin: Zhōu Guànyǔ, pronounced [ʈʂóʊ kwân.ỳ]; born 30 May 1999) is a Chinese racing driver who currently competes in Formula One for Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber. He is the first, and so far the only, Chinese driver to start a World Championship Formula One race.
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- 30 May 1999 (age 24), Shanghai, China
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Zhou explains his focus as he hopes to enjoy a 'long career' in F1. Biography. China had never boasted a Grand Prix starter among its citizens – until Zhou Guanyu changed that state of affairs, after receiving the call-up to make his F1 debut for Alfa Romeo, now Kick Sauber, in 2022.
Apr 18, 2024 · Updated 2:27 AM PDT, April 18, 2024. SHANGHAI (AP) — Formula 1 returns to China this weekend after a five-year absence. And no matter who wins on Sunday, the star locally will be China-born driver Zhou Guanyu. Despite his so-so results, Zhou is being promoted as a celebrity in China.
Apr 17, 2024 · Wednesday 17 April 2024 20:15, UK. For Sauber's Zhou Guanyu, the return of China's grand prix after a five-year absence this weekend marks a significant moment in his own career and the...
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Aug 20, 2021 · F1 Correspondent & Presenter. Lawrence Barretto. 20 August 2021. Share. Road to F1. Alpine. Zhou. When Guanyu Zhou turned a wheel in this year’s Alpine Formula 1 car in first practice for the Austrian Grand Prix, he became only the second driver from mainland China to have done so.
Nov 16, 2021 · History will be made next season with Guanyu Zhou set to become China’s first-ever full-time F1 driver when he lines up alongside 10-time race winner Valtteri Bottas at Alfa Romeo. F1’s Senior Writer Lawrence Barretto explains how the deal came together…
Mar 18, 2022 · March 18, 2022. After 72 years, over hundreds of races and 776 drivers later, Formula 1 will for the first time have a Chinese racer in a Grand Prix. Zhou Guanyu, 22, will join the Finnish...
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