Waiting for the first home GP
The Coronavirus nightmare is over, the China can finally return to the Formula 1 world championship this year by hosting the seventeenth edition of its Grand Prix, which has been missing since 2019. Unlike five years ago, the public will also be able to support one of its own compatriot drivers as Zhou Guanyuwho will also become the first Chinese in history to play his home race.
The emotions of the day before
In Shanghai (the city where he was also born in 1999), the Kick Sauber driver is thus one of the most awaited drivers by the local public, to the point that the official Formula 1 channel interviewed him a few days before the tests for a GP that it is a source of pride for him. Furthermore, Guanyu will take to the track with a special helmet which also features a photo of him as a child, dating back to the 2005 GP, while he cheers for his idol Fernando Alonso, with whom he shares the starting grid today.
The drivers of one of his teams
The Spaniard, fresh from renewing his contract with Aston Martin, is still one of Zhou's most respected drivers, to the point that if the Chinese were the owner of a team today he would hire the former Ferrari driver and another driver present in F1: “If I were directing, probably I would choose Fernando – has explained – it might seem a little boring, but maybe I would put it Oscar Piastri. I don't want two world champions on my teambut one who is a rising star and one who is a world champion.”
The basic reasons
The decision to promote the McLaren driver is dictated partly by the Australian's talent, but also and above all by the friendship between the two: “I would say Oscar he is one of my best friends on and off the track – he added – and Fernando is there too. Sometimes we have fun off the track. Of course, today it's a little more difficult. We used to hang out a little more, but now we're on different teams and it's not easy during the season because we have very busy schedules. But these two people are probably the ones I have the most fun with and have the best time with.”. In reality, Zhou would also add his teammate to these Valtteri Bottaswith whom he would gladly go on holidays, as recently stated.
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