Just this afternoon, Zhou Guanyu posted on his social media the ID photos of Sauber (that is, the Alfa Romeo F1 team) drivers and wrote: New employees report.
On 19 January, the F1 official website updated the driver roster and season ID photos. Today, Zhou Guanyu posted his ID photo on social media, and it can be seen from the address bar that Zhou Guanyu is currently at the team headquarters in Switzerland, and the preparation for the new season has begun.
As the only rookie in the 2022 season, Zhou Guanyu naturally received more attention. You know, he is also the first official F1 driver in China.
This is not an easy task for Zhou Guanyu, and even F1 officials have expressed concern: In the 2021 season, we saw three rookies, Kakuda, Mick and Ma Zeping struggling in the F1 paddock. Indeed, the two Haas drivers essentially dominated last season's tail end, and Kakuda's lack of stability threatened Big Red Bull's performance at one point. This also makes Zhou Guanyu's rookie season attract much attention, of course, he will not be the only driver in the paddock to receive special attention, after all, in this new season of racing reform, everyone needs time to adapt.
Therefore, pre-season testing is particularly important. And just this evening, F1 officially announced the time of the pre-season test for the new season.
23-25 February Catalunya Circuit
March 10-12 Sakhir Circuit
With the finalization of the pre-season test time, there are only 51 days left before the start of the new season F1, so let's look forward to it together.