Tonight, Beijing time, is a historic moment for Chinese motorsport. In the first leg of the 2022 F1 season, bahrain, there was a Chinese driver – Zhou Guanyu from Alfa Romeo's team.
Although Zhou Guanyu, who was a test driver last year, appeared in the free practice of the 2021 F1 Austrian Grand Prix, this year as the official driver of the Alfa Romeo team, Zhou Guanyu is about to become the first person to participate in the Chinese of the F1 Grand Prix in its entirety.
At the official press conference before today's practice match, Zhou Guanyu was also the first to appear to answer questions.
"To be honest, I felt fresh, of course this was the first time. While I've already played in practice last season and today's first practice session wasn't all that novel, overall I think the schedules are all brand new to me. Zhou Guanyu said.
He also said that after last week's track test in Bahrain, his feelings are absolutely fantastic, and his first F2 main event title was also won here, "I am familiar with everything. So yeah, I'm ready for the first race weekend. Of course, I still have a lot to digest myself and more preparation. It just takes some time to adapt and overall I was happy with everything last weekend. It feels like I'm ready for this weekend. ”
In the first practice session of Bahrain at 8 o'clock tonight, Zhou Guanyu's No. 24 car ran a time of 1 minute 35.053 with a soft tire, ranking 11th among the 20 drivers, and the debut was quite good. His best time in last week's track test was 1:35.136.
The qualifying round for F1 Bahrain will take place tomorrow night at 11:00 Beijing time; the main time is 11:00 Beijing time this Sunday. Zhou Guanyu will undoubtedly set one record after another for Chinese drivers in F1 Grand Prix.