QiMojia December 17 news A few days ago, Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu ended his third radiant F2 season in Abu Dhabi, this year he won 4 championships and 9 podiums, with remarkable results. As soon as the race ended, Zhou Guanyu did not put the knife and gun into the warehouse, the horse put Nanshan, but immediately met with the Alfa Romeo team on the spot and entered the tense pre-race test rhythm. Next season, Zhou Guanyu will be on the stage of Formula 1, becoming the first official driver in China to compete in the Formula 1 Championship.
Before that, Zhou Guanyu had sat in the cab of an F1 car many times, but he had never been so down-to-earth, because it was not his seat. At the 2019 F1 Shanghai leg, Zhou Guanyu once drove an old Renault F1 car to cruise the Bund in Shanghai, but it was only a catwalk. At the end of June, he once again drove Renault's classic F1 car to the Goodford Motorsport Festival in the United Kingdom, this time not as a show but an official race, but unfortunately the track is only more than a kilometer. Although it also brings together many of the world's top motorsport players, its spread is limited. He then became a test driver for the Renault F1 team, having the opportunity to drive Alonso's active car directly into the F1 race, but there was still an insurmountable distance from a real F1 active driver. If he wants to really sit in a Renault car, he faces no less obstacles and difficulties than Lin Zhiying or Pan Xiaoting. After all, there are 24 active F1 drivers in the world, and more than 500 astronauts.
The final lap of the final battle of F1 this year caused great controversy, and the Mayben team believed that Hamilton had suffered a wrong, and the complaint after the race was unsuccessful, refusing to take a group photo of the manufacturer's team and once declaring that they would appeal to the FIA International Court, but they finally gave up. It is conceivable that in addition to preventing Xiao Black from surpassing Schumacher's seven-crown performance, F1 finally chose to side with the younger Verstappen, not that racing no longer needs idols, but that any sport needs to have a new king constantly crowned to stimulate the heartbeat. Hamilton had already equalized the Car King, and that was enough.
In addition to the huge controversy of this battle, there is also a lamentable link - the Iceman Raikkonen, who has played in F1 for 20 years, has finally completed his last lap, and the current veteran on the field except Hamilton is Alonso, who has returned from retirement. Although Hamilton failed to win the 8th crown, he is still a brother, the first brother is to replace the Australian macho Ricciardo to get this position, his two championships in his life are won in Renault, who can shake? This time, he signed a two-year contract and won 60 points for the whole year, 14 points higher than teammate Aucom, leading one place in 10th place. That is to say, although Zhou Guanyu was trained by the Renault Racing Academy, his body pins on the thousands of expectations of Renault in the Chinese civilian market, and the overall environment of F1 is also inclined to young people, but Renault does not have his place for the time being.
What Zhou Guanyu needed to do before was to get 40 points in the FIA main event for three consecutive years to get super photos, and at the end of the first F2 season, Chinese reporters were very concerned about how many "work points" he earned this year, but Zhou Guanyu himself did not understand, "Probably 12 points." Zhou Guanyu asked the reporter to ask his agent at that time, but there was no result. The next year he finished 6th in F2, and he didn't seem to have saved enough points, but the blind man sharpened his knife - fast. In the third year, he finally stopped worrying about this, and the FIA has a rule, as long as you run into the top three of F2, you are the successor of the F1 revolutionary cause, and directly give you 40 points! And Zhou Guanyu received at least 360 points on the podium nine times this year, which is enough for him to open an online store auction, if this e-commerce is legal. The doors of F1 are open to you, brother, let it go. Nine
In this case, another way, first "loan" to a small team to "intern", is Zhou Guanyu's most ideal curve to save the country. This road is not unfamiliar in F1, and the drivers after the 11th place in the standings basically do this, which is also the road that Ma Qinghua wanted to take but did not take. Spending money to buy a position has a precedent in modern sports, in the era of toddlers in Asian football, Miura Chira is relying on huge sponsorship fees to enter the Italian Genoa football team, Li Tie Li Weifeng can enter the Premier League Everton is a fighter in the mobile phone, and even the Axons of Chinese football, are not they all piled up with money?
It is rumored on the Internet that Zhou Guanyu's father paid thirty million euros for him, which is not worthy of boasting, nor does it need to be hidden, any father will do this, but we may only pay three thousand yuan for our children, but it is also a best effort. Of course, if you don't see the huge potential of Zhou Guanyu and his brilliant prospects in renault F1 team, such an investment may become a laughing stock. But today, fans are talking passionately about Zhou Guanyu's future, at least that's not a joke.
Needless to say, being born in a rich family is a prerequisite for Zhou Guanyu to stand out, but motorsport is the noble sport in the world that tempers human conduct, which makes him always maintain a humble, enthusiastic and never-say-die spirit. Fortunately, he did not participate in the mahjong movement or the Libo Weekly Show and other acting events, which may seem to make people think otherwise. Shanghai is the most cultural and modern city in China, and after Yao Ming, Liu Xiang and Ding Junhui, Zhou Guanyu has emerged, how desirable! With the exception of basketball, athletics, billiards and motorsports, there are not many other cities left.
In the face of the first F1 season that has been looking forward to the first half of his life, Zhou Guanyu hopes to get at least 1 point, which is not modest. Raikkonen only scored 10 points this year, and his Sauber team partner Giovinas only got 1 point. Haven't people been the only rising stars in Italy in the last 10 years? For Zhou Guanyu's first season, it is normal to have no harvest, think about what it was like when he first advanced to F2 after winning the F3 championship? What we have to do is to support him patiently and continuously, rather than being picky and attacking him as soon as there is a mistake. The vast Chinese market and Chinese car fans are the most powerful backing behind Zhou Guanyu, no matter what the record, Zhou Guanyu looks forward to you standing with him, and you must have this realization.
(Fang Zhao)