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Zhou joins Ferrari as reserve driver after dropping Sauber F1 seat
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Zhou joins Ferrari as reserve driver after dropping Sauber F1 seat

By Miles Cooper February 5, 2025
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Zhou Guanyu will be a part of Ferrari as one among its reserve drivers for the 2025 Components 1 season, taking the position alongside present incumbent Antonio Giovinazzi.

Zhou just lately ended a three-year stint as a race driver in F1 with Sauber (beforehand Alfa Romeo), having turn into the primary Chinese language race driver within the F1 historical past. 

He scored his first championship level on his debut in Bahrain in 2022, and made his first dwelling debut final 12 months when F1 returned to China after a five-year hiatus. 

After a tough season, the place Zhou scored the one factors for Sauber in 2024 with eighth in Qatar, he and former team-mate Valtteri Bottas had been each left off the grid on the finish of final season. 

The Swiss squad, getting ready to its metamorphosis into Audi for 2026, opted for an all-new line-up and has paired German veteran Nico Hulkenberg with newly topped F2 Champion Gabriel Bortoleto.

Zhou joins Ferrari as reserve driver after dropping Sauber F1 seat

Zhou Guanyu, Stake F1 Group KICK Sauber C44

Picture by: Lubomir Asenov / Motorsport Photographs

Zhou joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in 2014 whereas nonetheless racing karts and, as a younger driver beneath the Prancing Horse banner, he completed second within the 2015 Italian F4 championship. 

After two years in F3, Zhou left the Ferrari Driver Academy to hitch Renault’s youth programme, from the place he accomplished the ultimate step in direction of F1 with numerous FP1 drives alongside his F2 obligations.

After parting methods with Sauber on the finish of final 12 months, Zhou obtained reserve position gives from numerous high groups – with many searching for a dependable driver to fall again on because the F1 calendar has turn into extra intense in recent times. 

Final season, Oliver Bearman stepped in for Carlos Sainz on the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and completed seventh after the Spaniard suffered from appendicitis in Jeddah. Later, he changed Kevin Magnussen on two events, scoring factors for Haas in Azerbaijan. 

In the meantime, the appointment of Bottas as a reserve driver for Mercedes in 2025 demonstrated the significance of the depth of the ‘bench’ for any groups on the grid as we speak.

Along with Zhou, former F1 driver Giovinazzi will stay on the Ferrari bench this 12 months, though he’ll nonetheless symbolize the Scuderia within the World Endurance Championship, which signifies that Zhou will share the duties of his substitute with the Italian.

On condition that GM/Cadillac, which is already confirmed to compete in F1 from 2026, will use Ferrari energy models and gearboxes, having the ability to drive a Ferrari F1 automotive will assist enhance Zhou’s possibilities of securing a return to grand prix racing subsequent season.

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