EXCLUSIVE: 2022 Alfa Romeo rookie Guanyu Zhou swapped Shanghai for SHEFFIELD a decade ago to pursue his Formula One dream… now he is ready to make history as China’s first F1 driver – with rap music and 20-minute power naps his secret to success

Guanyu Zhou can still remember the conversation 10 years ago with his mum and dad in which they came to the decision to uproot their life from Shanghai to move to England. While the racing – he teamed up with Strawberry Racing UK for three years after arriving in Sheffield before being scouted by the Ferrari Driver Academy in Maranello – came natural to Zhou, life in Yorkshire wasn’t exactly proving a home away from home. But when the lights go out on Sunday night in Bahrain, Zhou will achieve his dream and make history for China in one swift acceleration. It is too early to say what will become of Zhou over this record 23-race campaign. ‘The first year, and even the second year, in F1 is so different to how it was in F2, the way the car behaves,’ Zhou says. ‘It’s the first year so I’m sure there will be mistakes but I want to keep them as low as possible and not make any twice.

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