At the announcement of the engagement of the young man Guanyu Zhou as Alfa Romeo Sauber driver for the 2022 season, the leaders of Formula 1 welcomed the news with particular enthusiasm, which allowed the premier category of motoring to open up to a market as important as the China. The 22-year-old from Shanghai will in fact be the first Chinese standard bearer to make his debut in the race and will bring various sponsorships to his team, thus turning on the headlights of a nation of 1.4 billion inhabitants on Formula 1, which due to the Covid-19 pandemic he has not been able to host his grand prix in the last two championships and he has raised the white flag again for next year.
And so much waiting could be rewarded by a prize, or one second race on Chinese soil, as confirmed to the header The Race from the president Stefano Domenicali: “It is 100% realistic to think that China will have another GP on the calendar. I can reveal that I have already received a involvement of another city to host a competition. It is vital for us to return to China, and in 2022 we will not be there only because of the pandemic, not by our will. For this reason we have already extended the contract for another three years. I am also sure that Zhou’s engagement will have a great impact on that area, an area of great development “. The first edition of the Chinese Grand Prix was held in 2004 and since then it has always been raced in Shanghai until 2019, after the break due to the pandemic, from 2023 in Circus will return to start the engines on the track where Lewis Hamilton imposed the its brand on six occasions.
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