 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 | 57 (57 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 Hungarian 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 |
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.