Zhou key to Formula 1 growing Chinese audience
Date published:
January 24 2021
Renault Sport Academy driver Guanyu Zhou is desperate to take the final big step into Formula 1 – and bring China with him.
Still aged only 21, Zhou joined the Renault set-up after departing the Ferrari Driver Academy at the end of 2018, and since then he has gone on to become an established name in the Formula 2 series.
In 2019, he was the best-performing rookie in that series, picking up five P3 finishes, while in 2020 he tasted victory in the series for the first time in the Sochi sprint race. A pair of P2 finishes helped him on his way to P6 overall in the standings with 151.5 points.