Zhou Guanyu
Chinese racing driver (born 1999) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. He competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for UNI-Virtuosi Racing from 2019 to 2021, having finished 3rd in the 2021 campaign.
Born | (1999-05-30) 30 May 1999 (age 24) Shanghai, China |
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | Chinese |
2024 team | Kick Sauber-Ferrari[1] |
Car number | 24 |
Entries | 50 (50 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 12 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 2 |
First entry | 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix |
Last entry | 2024 Miami Grand Prix |
2023 position | 18th (6 points) |
Previous series | |
2019–21 2021 2016–18 2016 2015 2015 | 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 |
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]