6 days ago · Ferrari have announced the return of Zhou Guanyu as a reserve driver for the 2025 season, adding to the team’s back-up pool alongside incumbent Antonio Giovinazzi. It ends speculation over the Chinese racer’s immediate future , following Kick Sauber’s decision to overhaul their driver line-up and part ways with both Zhou and team mate ...

Zhou Guanyu (Chinese: 周冠宇; pinyin: Zhōu Guànyǔ, pronounced [ʈʂóʊ kwân.ỳ]; born 30 May 1999) is a Chinese racing driver, who serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Ferrari. Zhou competed in Formula One from 2022 to 2024, and remains …

6 days ago · Zhou Guanyu is taken on as a reserve driver for Scuderia Ferrari HP alongside Antonio Giovinazzi who continues in this role. For the Chinese driver, it is something of a homecoming, as he spent four years with the Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy from 2015 to 2018. Zhou is the first driver from China to compete in Formula 1, racing for Alfa ...

6 days ago · Zhou Guanyu, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber C44. Photo by: Lubomir Asenov / Motorsport Images. Zhou joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in 2014 while still racing karts and, as a young driver under the ...

6 days ago · MARANELLO, Italy (AP) — The first Chinese driver in Formula 1, Zhou Guanyu, is heading back to Ferrari as one of its reserve drivers for the 2025 season. Zhou doesn’t have a race seat for 2025 after leaving Sauber at the end of last year but could step in if Charles Leclerc or Lewis Hamilton can’t race.

5 days ago · Zhou Guanyu has chosen a move to Ferrari having lost his seat with Sauber. Ferrari return will create ‘stronger’ Zhou. Alongside going to a destination that would enhance his prospects of mounting an F1 comeback, Zhou expressed that he chose to cut ties with Sauber as he sensed that going elsewhere would be better for his development.

6 days ago · Nov 23, 2024; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber driver Zhou Guanyu of China (24) arrives for the Las Vegas Grand Prix drivers parade at the Las Vegas Circuit.

6 days ago · Zhou Guanyu has joined Ferrari as a reserve driver for the 2025 Formula One season following his exit from Sauber at the end of last year. Zhou, 25, was announced in the role by Ferrari on Wednesday.

May 30, 1999 · Why Formula 1’s first Chinese racer is confident his F1 story is far from over yet. China had never boasted a Grand Prix starter among its citizens – until Zhou Guanyu changed that state of affairs, after receiving the call-up to make his F1 debut for Alfa Romeo, now Kick Sauber, in 2022.

Jan 3, 2025 · Zhou Guanyu has spoken of his pride at becoming the first Chinese driver to race in Formula 1, while expressing hope that he will be able to add another chapter to that groundbreaking journey going forward.