On the evening of 18 March, the Formula One World Championship (F1) opened its first practice match in Bahrain, marking the official start of the new F1 season. China's first F1 official driver, Zhou Guanyu, made his debut and finished 11th in the first practice match with a time of 1:35.053.
F1 usually has three practice matches a weekend, qualifying and regular matches. During the practice sessions, the drivers will become familiar with the track and the team will use it to train the car. After the qualifying race, the result of the race will determine the starting order of the regular race. In the final race, 20 drivers will race.
The first practice session of Bahrain took place on 18 March from 8pm to 9pm. In the first practice match, Zhou Guanyu drove the red and white car of The Alpha Romeo Team, refreshing his lap results twice in a row, and in the end, he finished eleventh with a lap best of 1:35.053.
In terms of other drivers, Pierre Gasly is first with a time of 1:34.193, Leclerc is second after 0.364 seconds, Sainz is third, Russell is fourth, and the top ten drivers are: Verstappen, Stoll, Hamilton, Alonso, Kakuda and Perez.
In November 2021, Zhou Guanyu became the official driver of the 2022 season for Alfa Romeo Racing, and the Shanghai boy born in May 1999 became the first official Formula One driver in Chinese history, making his F1 debut attracting attention.
"Come on brother!" Ma Qinghua, China's first Chinese driver to enter F1, cheered on Guanyu on Weibo last week. At the same time, Zhou Guanyu's competition has also attracted the attention of netizens. "The debut rank of 11 can be", netizens affirmed his achievements and cheered for it, "the first person in Chinese history!" ”
"Zhou Guanyu cheers, looking forward to your wonderful performance, rushing to the hot search to squeeze away the bad topic of men's football!" Netizens said.
The qualifying round will be held at 11:00 pm on the 19th, and the main match will be played at 11:00 pm on the 20th, so let us look forward to Zhou Guanyu's next performance.
Upstream journalist Bao Jing