On December 8, Beijing time, the FIA announced the list of teams and drivers participating in the 2022 F1 season, and Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu chose the No. 24 as his car number, and became a teammate of the Alfa Romeo team with Bottas. At the same time, with the withdrawal of Honda Engine, the name of the Red Bull engine manufacturer was officially renamed: Red Bull Powertrains.
Zhou Guanyu as a new driver to the F1 car world, the car number has also attracted the attention of the outside world. In the end, Zhou Guanyu chose No. 24 as his car number. It was the first F1 driver to use the number since Glock in the 2012 season. However, as early as the 2020 season, Zhou Guanyu printed the slogan "24 MambaNeverOut" on his F2 car, and Zhou Guanyu also used a helmet with a purple and gold color, also to pay tribute to Kobe. After Zhou Guanyu chose No. 24, it also means that the car numbers of the three Asian/Asian drivers on the field next year are linked together - Kakuda Yuyi No. 22, Alexander Alban No. 23, Zhou Guanyu No. 24.
The driver driving the number 24 has won five races in F1, most recently in the Netherlands in 1975, when James Hunt took the lead in crossing the line.
Edited by Ou Peng
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