Zhou Guanyu | |||||||
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周冠宇 | |||||||
 Zhou at the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix | |||||||
| Born | 30 May 1999 Shanghai, China | ||||||
| Formula One World Championship career | |||||||
| Nationality |  Chinese | ||||||
| 2024 team | Kick Sauber-Ferrari[1] | ||||||
| Car number | 24 | ||||||
| Entries | 65 (65 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 São Paulo Grand Prix | ||||||
| 2023 position | 18th (6 pts) | ||||||
| Previous series | |||||||
| 2019–2021 2021 2016–2018 2016 2015 2015 | FIA Formula 2 F3 Asian FIA F3 European Toyota Racing Series Italian F4 ADAC F4 | ||||||
| Championship titles | |||||||
| 2021 | F3 Asian | ||||||
| Awards | |||||||
| 2022 2019 | Autosport Rookie of the Year Anthoine Hubert Award | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 週冠宇 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 周冠宇 | ||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||
Zhou Guanyu (Chinese: 周冠宇; pinyin: Zhōu Guànyǔ, pronounced [ʈʂóʊ kwân.ỳ]; born 30 May 1999) is a Chinese racing driver, currently competing in Formula One for Sauber. Zhou is the first and only Chinese driver to compete in Formula One.
Born in Shanghai, Zhou began karting aged eight before moving to Sheffield in 2012 to compete internationally. Graduating to junior formulae in 2014, Zhou finished runner-up in the 2015 Italian F4 Championship. After three seasons in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship, as well as a development driver role in Formula E for Techeetah in 2017–18, Zhou competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship from 2019 to 2021 for Virtuosi, finishing third in his final season.
A member of the Ferrari Driver Academy from 2014 to 2018, and the Alpine Academy—formerly the Renault Sport Academy—from 2019 to 2021, he served as the test driver for Renault and Alpine in 2020 and 2021, respectively. Zhou signed for Alfa Romeo in 2022 to partner Valtteri Bottas, scoring his first career point on debut at the Bahrain Grand Prix. He remained at the team in 2023 and 2024, the latter for the re-branded Sauber. Zhou is set to remain at Sauber until the end of the 2024 season, when his contract expires.
- ^ "Alfa Romeo confirms Zhou alongside Bottas for 2024 F1 season". www.motorsport.com. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.