FIA Formula 2 Championship F3 Asian Championship FIA F3 European Championship Toyota Racing Series Italian Formula 4 Championship ADAC Formula 4
Championship titles
2021
F3 Asian Championship
Awards
2022 2019
Autosport Rookie of the Year Anthoine Hubert Award
Zhou on the grid of an ADAC F4 race at Spa
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. He competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for UNI-Virtuosi Racing from 2019 to 2021, having finished 3rd in the 2021 campaign.
A former member of the Alpine Academy, he served as the test driver for the Renault F1 Team and the Alpine F1 Team in 2020 and 2021 respectively.[2][3][4][5] Prior to that, he was a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy from 2014 to 2018, and served as the development driver for Formula E team DS Techeetah in 2018.[6][7]
^"Alfa Romeo confirms Zhou alongside Bottas for 2024 F1 season". www.motorsport.com. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
^"Chinese youngster Guanyu Zhou joins Renault as Development Driver". Formula 1. 22 January 2019. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
^"Renault F1 Team officially launches its 2020 campaign" (Press release). Renault. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
^"Alpine F1 Team launches 2021 campaign" (Press release). Renault. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
^Howard, Tom (14 February 2022). "Doohan, Caldwell added to Alpine F1 Academy line-up for 2022". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^Allen, Peter (10 June 2014). "Chinese karter Guanyu Zhou joins Ferrari Driver Academy". Formula Scout. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
^"Zhou Guanyu joins Techeetah as a development driver". FIA Formula E. 27 April 2018. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
ZhouGuanyu (Chinese: 周冠宇; pinyin: ZhōuGuànyǔ, pronounced [ʈʂóʊ kwân.ỳ]; born 30 May 1999) is a Chinese racing driver who currently competes in Formula...
Verstappen of Red Bull Racing, who also took pole position for the main race. ZhouGuanyu became the first Chinese Formula One driver to compete at his home race...
eighteenth. He joined Nico Hülkenberg of Haas, Pierre Gasly of Alpine, and ZhouGuanyu of Sauber in elimination. The second session (Q2) was topped again by...
Formula One World Championship. The car was driven by Valtteri Bottas and ZhouGuanyu, both in their second year at the team. On 26 August 2022, Alfa Romeo...
going on to take Piastri's spot at the top of the timing sheets. Albon, ZhouGuanyu, Logan Sargeant, Daniel Ricciardo, and Nico Hülkenberg were all knocked...
2021 F3 Asian Championship Drivers' Champion: GuanyuZhou Teams' Champion: Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema Rookies' Champion: Ayumu Iwasa Previous 2019–20 Next...
Albon after competing in the 2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters series. ZhouGuanyu, who finished third in the 2021 Formula 2 Championship, joined Alfa Romeo...
Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber Kick Sauber-Ferrari C44 Ferrari 066/12 24 77 ZhouGuanyu Valtteri Bottas 1–6 1–6 McLaren Formula 1 Team McLaren-Mercedes MCL38...
practice session, Pierre Gasly's car was repaired prior to qualifying. ZhouGuanyu spun at turn 1, but recovered the car; moments later, Nyck de Vries locked...
restarted with a standing start on lap three. On lap 12, Sauber driver ZhouGuanyu retired due to a gearbox problem, the third retirement of the race. Verstappen...
Logan Sargeant, the Haas duo of Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hülkenberg, ZhouGuanyu, and Pérez found themselves knocked out. During the second session, Lando...
car was undamaged. Alexander Albon, Nico Hülkenberg, Lewis Hamilton, ZhouGuanyu, and Nyck de Vries were all knocked out. The third segment saw the Ferrari...
from sixth and made up places before overtaking fellow Alpine junior ZhouGuanyu on the final lap to take the lead, claiming his first Formula 2 race...
overtook Alexander Albon for ninth place, having started from last. ZhouGuanyu pitted on the penultimate lap for soft tyres, and set the fastest lap...
Verstappen's teammate Pérez. The session was red-flagged after Sauber's ZhouGuanyu lost control of his car and crashed into the barriers, but was resumed...
taking himself, Valtteri Bottas, Oscar Piastri, Logan Sargeant and ZhouGuanyu out of qualifying. The second session was delayed due to debris on the...
dented the title hopes of early title favourites like Shwartzman and GuanyuZhou. Shwartzman faced trouble in the early rounds, suffering collisions at...
was investigated for impeding, before being cleared, and joined Pérez, ZhouGuanyu, and the AlphaTauris of Nyck de Vries and Yuki Tsunoda in being eliminated...
Charles Leclerc while ZhouGuanyu, Pierre Gasly, Esteban Ocon, Kevin Magnussen and Lance Stroll did not advance to the second session. Zhou, Oscar Piastri,...
local time (UTC+2). Hards were used for the first segment, Q1, where ZhouGuanyu was fastest in his Alfa Romeo in front of Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez...
retain Giovinazzi, former Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas and rookie ZhouGuanyu were signed for the 2022 season. The team entered the season as Alfa...
five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. ^2 – ZhouGuanyu finished 16th, but he received a five-second time penalty for leaving...
Leclerc took the lead, while Pierre Gasly hit ZhouGuanyu at turn 9, causing a puncture for Gasly, and Zhou's retirement, which brought out the safety car...
signed former Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas and Formula 2 graduate ZhouGuanyu, securing their best Constructors’ Championship finish in 6th place since...
to set a representative time and subsequently joined Oscar Piastri, ZhouGuanyu, Logan Sargeant and Valtteri Bottas in being knocked out of the session...
befell the second and third session. Only three minutes after Q1 began, ZhouGuanyu reported an issue with his Ferrari power unit and caused a red flag with...
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