In the round-up: Guanyu Zhou says that being China’s first F1 driver is a “breakthrough” for him and his country.
In brief
Zhou is “breakthrough” for Chinese F1 involvement2022 rookie Guanyu Zhou is the first Chinese Formula 1 driver, which he says will drive Chinese interest in attending races abroad, without a home grand prix this year.
“I think it’s always good to be the first, to make a breakthrough,” said Zhou. “And of course for my country, motorsport started much later than in European countries. So it’s very tough to be following them and of course, there’s quite a lot of compromise that had to be taken by myself, my family and also the team supporting behind me.
“But once I’m in [Formula 1] now, I’m very proud of my country and I think there are a lot of people [who] really want to be coming out abroad to be watching me race because obviously there’s no Chinese grand prix this year” He said that “my job is to focus on this season, to do well…