Guanyu Zhou is in his first season in Formula 1. The driver immediately did well at the Bahrain Grand Prix by finishing tenth, while in Saudi Arabia he just missed out on the points with an eleventh place. However, he is keen to do better in the coming months.
Joining Formula 1 at the beginning of the season took some getting used to for Zhou. Not only were the drivers around him a lot better than he had become accustomed to in recent years, he also noticed that the pressure in the motorsport class was a lot greater.
Zhou feels pressure from home country
Zhou is the first Chinese driver to compete in Formula 1, which means that people in his home country are watching his performance with extra interest. The driver realises that Alfa Romeo is losing out to the top teams in the sport, but he does hope that he can drive in the points more often as he explained in an interview with Formulapassion.it.
"I'm not here just to compete: I want to do well, I want to make my country proud and everyone who supports me. But honestly, it's an incredible feeling to be in the sport," states Zhou, who stressed that he doesn't always have it easy. "I haven't seen my family for a year and I miss them."