News Details

Zhou ‘China's only F1 hope for next generation'

Guanyu Zhou represents China’s sole hope of having a Formula 1 racer for the next couple of decades, according to the director of Alpine’s Academy. China, the most populous country in the world, has featured on Formula 1’s calendar since 2004, but has never had a grand prix driver. Ma Qing Hua participated in five practice sessions with HRT and Caterham across 2012/13 but eventually switched to a race programme touring cars and Formula E. Zhou spent several years with Ferrari’s Driver Academy before linking up with Renault ahead of the 2019 season, when he made the step from Formula 3 to Formula 2. Zhou emerged as 2019’s top rookie, and started 2020 brightly with pole position,...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Alpine hoping to find 2022 F1 seats for Zhou and...

Alpine are hoping to find Formula 1 seats for academy drivers Guanyu Zhou...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Alpine Academy confirms Zhou, Lundgaard and Piastri in...

The Alpine F1 team has confirmed its plans for the 2021 season for...
5y ago from F1i.com

Martins joins Alpine Academy alongside Zhou, Lundgaard...

Alpine's Driver Academy has signed Victor Martins for 2021, joining...
5y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Alpine sees F1 path for juniors despite lack of...

Alpine says it still sees a path to a Formula 1 race seat for its young...
5y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Victoria Government rejects MotoGP requests to move...

The Victoria State Government has rejected a request from MotoGP to move...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Dorna Sports unveils rebrand as part of MotoGP...

Dorna Sports has announced it will be officially known as MotoGP Sports...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

David Malukas heads the timesheets in opening IndyCar...

The NTT IndyCar Series held the first of two open test days at Phoenix...

George Barber, founder of iconic IndyCar venue, passes...

Barber Motorsports Park has announced that founder of the iconic track...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Elfyn Evans wins Swedish showdown

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin clinched victory on Rally Sweden which ended...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

‘All formal steps completed' – BBC man...

Arsenal have officially agreed to a blockbuster new contract with star...
11h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal get green light as 35-goal forward eyes summer...

Nico Williams has been linked with a move away from Athletic Club Bilbao...
9h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Contract stand-off alert: Arsenal smell opportunity as...

Arsenal are plotting an ambitious move to sign the PSG superstar Ousmane...
11h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'He’s got everything to suit the best clubs in...

Former Chelsea star Emmanuel Petit has urged Arsenal to sign Julian...
11h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.