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- 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Sunday
- Kick Sauber F1 Team capped of the 2024 season with an emotional grand finale in the iconic setting of the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, a race which marked the end of three eventful years with our driver pairing of Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu After the promising past race of the Doha GP and the season best qualifying, the circumstances during this eventful race did not allow the drivers and the team to finish the season with additional points.
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- 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Saturday
- KICK Sauber F1 Team recorded its best qualifying result of the year as Valtteri Bottas claimed a spot in the top ten for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, eventually setting the ninth fastest time of the session.
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- 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Friday
- KICK Sauber F1 Team opened its last weekend of on-track action with two busy sessions of practice in Abu Dhabi.
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- Zhou opens up on 'relief' of scoring Kick Sauber's first points of 2024 in Qatar after 'draining season'
- After enduring a drought of 22 races without a single point in 2024, Kick Sauber finally posted a score thanks to Zhou Guanyu at the Qatar Grand Prix as he crossed the line in eighth place to earn four points.
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- 2024 Qatar Grand Prix – Sunday
- At the Qatar Grand Prix, Zhou Guanyu delivered a standout performance, achieving a career-best eighth-place finish and earning KICK Sauber F1 Team their first points of the season.
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- 2024 Qatar Grand Prix - Saturday
- KICK Sauber F1 Team enjoyed a good day under the Doha floodlights as Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas delivered a solid performance in the Sprint Race and Qualifying sessions for the Qatar Grand Prix.
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- 2024 Qatar Grand Prix - Friday
- KICK Sauber F1 Team made another step forward in terms of performance, with Valtteri Bottas setting the 13th fastest time in the Sprint Qualifying session at the Qatar Grand Prix. It was a promising performance, both looking ahead to tomorrow's Sprint Race, but also in the perspective of the main event on Sunday. Team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, looked good early in the session but was unable to maximise his potential in the final run of SQ1 due to traffic, eventually setting the 19th fastest time of the day.
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- 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Saturday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber fought well within the midfield at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, with Zhou Guanyu running in the top ten for long parts of the race before finishing in 13th position.
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- 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Friday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber wrapped up a busy day under the lights of the Las Vegas Strip Circuit, with free practice 3 leading into an exciting qualifying session. Zhou Guanyu secured P13, delivering solid progress through the weekend, while Valtteri Bottas, who will have a five-place grid penalty for changing the energy store, took P19. With improvements evident and a promising starting position, the team looks ahead to tomorrow’s race, ready to capitalise on any opportunities, as last year’s event proved anything is possible.
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- 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Thursday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber took to the track at the Las Vegas Strip Circuit for the opening day of this weekend's action, navigating challenging conditions with low temperatures and minimal grip.
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- 2024 Sao Paulo Grand Prix – Sunday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber faced a difficult day as Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu took on challenging conditions at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
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- 2024 Sao Paulo Grand Prix – Saturday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber experienced a day of mixed weather conditions at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, with a dry Sprint race where Valtteri Bottas finished in P16 and Zhou Guanyu, who started from the pit lane, crossed the line in P17.
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- 2024 Sao Paulo Grand Prix – Friday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber headed straight into the action at the Brazilian Grand Prix, as an overcast sky was the backdrop for the sole practice session of the weekend and Sprint Qualifying.
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- 2024 Mexican Grand Prix – Sunday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber had a busy afternoon fighting within the midfield pack, with Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu displaying an improved pace on their way to eventually finishing 14th and 15th respectively.
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- 2024 Mexican Grand Prix – Saturday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber returned to Q2 as Valtteri Bottas lifted the C44 to P15 in Qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix. In the thin air of the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Valtteri translated a good performance from practice into a top-15 performance, on a day when a poorly-timed red flag, for Yuki Tsunoda’s crash in Q2, probably prevented the team from achieving an even better result. On the other side of the garage, Zhou Guanyu struggled to find grip in his C44 and set the 20th time in the session.
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- 2024 Mexican Grand Prix – Friday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber returned to action at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, as Formula One returns to Mexico. Robert Shwartzman stood in for Zhou Guanyu in an FP1 session that was interrupted by lengthy red flags; this pattern continued in FP2 but, despite the interruptions, the team was able to complete its necessary programme ahead of tomorrow's qualifying.
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- 2024 United States Grand Prix – Sunday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber had a fighting afternoon in Austin as Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu battled hard in the United States Grand Prix, with the team's duo coming home in P17 and P19 respectively. Despite some encouraging signs early on in the race, the event proved frustrating for the team, which can nevertheless look at some improvements in race pace.
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- 2024 United States Grand Prix – Saturday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber had a busy Saturday at the Circuit of the Americas, as the team competed in both the Sprint race and qualifying for tomorrow's United States Grand Prix.
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- 2024 United States Grand Prix – Friday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber dove straight into the action at the United States Grand Prix, as Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu completed the sole practice session of the weekend before taking part in qualifying for tomorrow's Sprint race. Despite being closer to their competitors, Valtteri and Zhou set the 19th and 20th times in the session: however, the team feels confident that a further step forward can be achieved ahead of qualifying for Sunday's race.
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- 2024 Singapore Grand Prix – Sunday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber fought hard under the lights of the Singapore Grand Prix, with Zhou Guanyu crossing the line in 15th place, ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas in 16th. During a race without any interruptions and no yellow flags, a rarity at the Marina Bay circuit, the team displayed a better turn of race pace.
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- 2024 Singapore Grand Prix – Saturday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber faced a challenging qualifying session under the floodlights at the Singapore Grand Prix, with Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu setting the 19th and 20th times, respectively.
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- 2024 Singapore Grand Prix – Friday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber took to the streets of Singapore for the first two practice sessions in Marina Bay.
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- 2024 Austrian Grand Prix – Sunday
- Stake F1车队KICK索伯在激动人心的阿塞拜疆大奖赛中从发车到冲线一直奋力拼搏，最终周冠宇驾驶C44赛车获得第14名，队友瓦尔特里·博塔斯第16名完赛。
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- 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Saturday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber played as a team in qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with drivers, Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu, working together in a session that reserved surprises until the closing stages.
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- 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Friday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber had a solid day on the streets of Baku, as the team completed two practice sessions for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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- 2024 Italian Grand Prix - Sunday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber saw signs of improvement at the Italian Grand Prix, as Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu fought closer to the rest of the pack and finished in 16th and 18th place respectively. It was a step forward compared to Zandvoort, a reaction from the team upon which to build for the future as the team brings the European season to an end.
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- 2024 Italian Grand Prix - Saturday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber suffered an early exit in Qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix, with Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu seeing their final attempts nullified by yellow flags and finishing in 19th and 20th.
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- 2024 Italian Grand Prix - Friday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber returned to one of the most iconic tracks in Formula One – the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza.
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- 2024 Dutch Grand Prix - Sunday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber had a difficult Sunday afternoon at the Dutch Grand Prix.
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- 2024 Dutch Grand Prix - Saturday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber struggled in windy conditions in qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix, with Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu setting the 18th and 19th times of the session respectively.
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- 2024 Dutch Grand Prix - Friday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber returned to action after the summer break with two sessions of practice for the Dutch Grand Prix.
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- 2024 Belgian Grand Prix – Sunday
- KICK Sauber F1 Team leaves Spa-Francorchamps with mixed feelings after a Belgian Grand Prix that saw end-to-end action from lights to flag.
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- 2024 Belgian Grand Prix – Saturday
- KICK Sauber F1 Team battled through unpredictable weather conditions in qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix.
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- 2024 Belgian Grand Prix – Friday
- KICK Sauber F1 Team concluded a productive day of action in Practice for the Belgian Grand Prix.
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- 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix - Sunday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber fought hard in the Hungarian Grand Prix, but unfortunately had no points to show for its effort.
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- 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix - Saturday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber delivered a much stronger performance in Qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, with Valtteri Bottas going close to a place in Q3 and Zhou Guanyu only narrowly missing out on one in Q2.
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- 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix - Friday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber had a solid first day of on-track action at the Hungaroring, as Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu took on practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix.
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- 2024 British Grand Prix – Sunday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber had a challenging Sunday under variable conditions in Silverstone.
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- 2024 British Grand Prix – Saturday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber gave a good account of itself in qualifying for the British Grand Prix, with Zhou Guanyu claiming a spot in Q2 on a slippery, wet-to-dry Silverstone track. He ultimately finished in 14th, with team-mate, Valtteri Bottas, in 16th.
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- 2024 British Grand Prix – Friday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber had a solid first day of practice at the historical Silverstone Circuit. As on-track proceedings for the British Grand Prix got underway, Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu took their C44s through two busy sessions, just avoiding some last-minute rain that did not result in any missed action.
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- 2024 Austrian Grand Prix – Sunday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber fought through a hot afternoon at the Austrian Grand Prix, with Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu coming to the chequered flag unscathed but outside the points. Despite the team showing an improved turn of pace compared to yesterday's sprint, the team duo finished in 16th and 17th place respectively.
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- 2024 Austrian Grand Prix – Saturday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber endured a difficult Saturday at the Austrian Grand Prix, as both the Sprint and the Qualifying session for tomorrow's race didn't yield positive results for the team.
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- 2024 Austrian Grand Prix - Friday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber couldn't make the most of a hectic Sprint Qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix. The short, quick Spielberg circuit produced a difficult day for the team, with both Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu bowing out in the first part of the grid-setting session for the Sprint.
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- 2024 Spainish Grand Prix - Sunday
- KICK Sauber F1 Team fought fiercely in the Spanish Grand Prix, with Zhou Guanyu pushing to 13th place and Valtteri Bottas crossing the line 16th.
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- 2024 Spainish Grand Prix - Saturday
- KICK Sauber F1 Team gave itself a very good shot at fighting for the points in tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix, as Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu both claimed a spot in Q2 during qualifying in Barcelona.
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- 2024 Spainish Grand Prix - Friday
- KICK Sauber F1 Team had a productive first day of on-track action at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, as the team worked through two practice sessions in consistent conditions.
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- 2024 Chinese Grand Prix – Sunday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber saw the chequered flag in a dramatic Canadian Grand Prix.
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- 2024 Canadian Grand Prix - Saturday
- Montreal, 8 June 2024 – Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber missed out on Q2 in a tricky qualifying session for the Canadian Grand Prix. Valtteri Bottas went close to making the cut, but was just a few hundredths of a second shy of the 15th time, while teammate, Zhou Guanyu, closed the gap after missing FP3 this morning due to a touch with the wall but was unable to move past the final place in the standings.
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- 2024 Canadian Grand Prix - Friday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber fought the conditions on a rain-affected Friday in Montreal, as track action for the Canadian Grand Prix started with two practice sessions.
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- 2024 Monaco Grand Prix - Sunday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber made up ground, but ultimately couldn't score points, in a tight Monaco Grand Prix that did not see any shaking up of the qualifying order.
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- 2024 Monaco Grand Prix - Saturday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber suffered a very difficult Saturday in Monaco, as both Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu exited qualifying at the end of the first segment. They set the 19th and 20th times respectively in a very tight session.
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- 2024 Monaco Grand Prix - Friday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber took to the narrow and twisty streets of Monaco for the first two practice sessions of the weekend. The team devoted morning and afternoon to the search for a good setup, one that would maximise performance for tomorrow's qualifying in the Principality.
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- 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Sunday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber leaves the first race of the European calendar with no points to its name: leveraging different strategies, Valtteri Bottas pitted early, switching to the hard compound tyres, whereas Zhou Guanyu opted for a longer stint on hard tyres before switching to a new set of mediums.
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- 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Saturday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber experienced a rather disappointing qualifying day.
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- 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Friday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber returned to Emilia Romagna after two years to find a bumpier track than what was experienced during their last visit. The morning session was briefly interrupted by a red flag, but both drivers, Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu, tackled the challenging windy conditions with gusto.
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- 2024 Miami Grand Prix - Sunday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber fought hard in the 57 laps of the Miami Grand Prix but, despite making up ground, couldn't claim a spot in the top ten as Zhou Guanyu finished 14th, two positions ahead of Valtteri Bottas in 16th.
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- 2024 Miami Grand Prix - Saturday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber missed out on a spot in Q2 for the tiniest of margins, as Valtteri Bottas ended up 0.010s outside the cut-off time of Fernando Alonso, setting the 16th fastest time in the session. In a tricky session on an unforgiving Miami International Autodrome, teammate, Zhou Guanyu, had his final attempt ruined by traffic and was 20th at the end of Q1. He will start in 19th place tomorrow, owing to a grid penalty to Daniel Ricciardo.
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- 2024 Miami Grand Prix - Friday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber had a difficult day at the Miami International Autodrome, as the team battled challenging conditions in the Sprint Qualifying session.
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- 2024 Chinese Grand Prix - Sunday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber completed a thrilling and emotional Chinese Grand Prix weekend, as Zhou Guanyu and the team wrote a page of motorsport history in Shanghai.
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- 2024 Chinese Grand Prix - Saturday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber was in strong form throughout the first ever new-format Sprint Saturday, as the team completed the day with a solid showing in the Sprint race and a promising performance in qualifying for tomorrow’s Grand Prix.
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- 2024 Chinese Grand Prix – Friday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber kept on top of changing conditions to record a double-SQ3 in the first Sprint Qualifying session of the year.
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- 2024 Japanese Grand Prix – Sunday
- Suzuka, 7 April 2024 – Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber left Japan with no points, but renewed confidence in the team's pace and performance. Valtteri Bottas, for large parts of the afternoon one of the fastest cars in the chasing pack, was in strong contention for a top ten finish for most of the race, before eventually ending 14th, while Zhou, starting from the back, saw the potential of a good recovery drive, enabled by his strong pace, come to nought due to a technical issue to the drivetrain.
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- 2024 Japanese Grand Prix - Saturday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber fought for a place in Q3 in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix.
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- 2024 Japanese Grand Prix - Friday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber made its return to Suzuka on a day of mixed weather conditions, as the team and drivers, Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu, completed two very different practice sessions.
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- 2024 Australian Grand Prix – Sunday
- KICK Sauber F1 Team saw the team's convincing pace come to nothing as technical issues relegated Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu to 14th and 15th place respectively.
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- 2024 Australian Grand Prix – Saturday
- KICK Sauber F1 Team showed good progress in today's qualifying session for the Australian Grand Prix, as Valtteri Bottas rode his wave to a spot in Q2 by setting the 13th fastest time of the day. Team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, displayed similar pace, but an unfortunate strike with a high kerb caused damage to his C44 and relegated him to 19th place.
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- 2024 Australian Grand Prix – Friday
- KICK Sauber F1 Team completed two busy practice sessions at Albert Park, as proceedings for the Australian Grand Prix began Down Under.
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- 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – Saturday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber endured a difficult race in the Jeddah night, as the Corniche Circuit hosted the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
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- 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – Friday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber faced several adversities on Qualifying Friday at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. A high-speed incident for Zhou Guanyu meant the crew had to rebuild one of the cars completely, a task they performed admirably to allow Zhou to head on track during qualifying. Despite the heroic effort of the mechanics, there was no time for Zhou to set a lap, and he’ll be 20th on the grid. Valtteri Bottas looked competitive in the sister C44, only for his final push lap to be heavily compromised by traffic in the final sector: he eventually claimed the 16th spot on the grid, despite his pace promising more.
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- 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – Thursday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber took to the Jeddah Corniche in two busy practice sessions around the second-longest track on the calendar.
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- 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix – Saturday
- Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber delivered a strong race under the Sakhir floodlights, as it emerged as the sixth force of the championship in a tense Bahrain Grand Prix.
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- 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix - Friday
- Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber couldn't maximise its potential in the first qualifying session of the year, as Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu bowed out in Q1 for the Bahrain Grand Prix.
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- 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix – Thursday
- Sakhir, 29 February 2024 – Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber officially headed into a new season, as Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu completed the first two practice sessions of the campaign-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
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- Pre-Season Testing – Bahrain: Day 3
- Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber completed the final day of pre-season testing with a busy day at the Bahrain International Circuit.
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- Pre-Season Testing – Bahrain: Day 2
- Sakhir, 22 February 2024 – Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber enjoyed a positive second day of pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit.
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- Pre-Season Testing – Bahrain: Day 1
- Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber had a successful first official day of track action as testing for the 2024 Formula One season started in earnest in Sakhir, Bahrain.
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- Why Zhou is expecting 'goosebumps' when F1 finally returns to China
- Zhou Guanyu is the first Chinese driver to race in F1 - and will finally race in front of his home fans in 2024.
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- Stake F1 Team unleashes the C44: a revolution on and off the track
- It's not the kind of Formula One car you've ever seen before. Aggressive, exciting, different – both on track and off it: the Stake F1 Team C44 is finally in the open and it's already got the world of motorsport talking.
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- Zhou Guanyu: Managing home expectations and interests off track
- The first full-time Chinese driver in the sport, the eyes of over a billion people back home follow him at every turn, and will continue to do so in 2024.
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- 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake brought the 2023 season to an end under the floodlights of Yas Marina, but there was no fairytale ending for our campaign as Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas finished 17th and 19th in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
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- 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake couldn't replicate its practice pace in Qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. In the final grid-setting session of the season, Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu set the 18th and 19th fastest times: these positions won't make for an easy race tomorrow, but the team will aim to recover ground as the lights go out for one final time in 2023.
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- 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake kick-started the final race weekend of the 2023 season with two productive practice sessions at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The team’s reserve driver, Théo Pourchaire, produced some consistent work during FP1, while Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu found an immediate connection with the Yas Marina Circuit, closing FP2 solidly into the top ten – P4 for Valtteri, P7 for Zhou.
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- 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake saw its chances of a strong finish in the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix vanish on lap one, as Valtteri Bottas was taken out by Fernando Alonso and then hit from behind by Sergio Perez at the first corner. The damage sustained meant the Finn could not convert his excellent seventh place on the grid into points, finishing 17th. Team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, fought bravely from the back and ran briefly on the edge of the points, before eventually finishing 15th.
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- 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake displayed good pace in qualifying for the Las Vegas Grand Prix, with Valtteri Bottas closing the session in eighth place – which will translate to seventh on the grid, owing to a penalty to Carlos Sainz. Team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, endured a more challenging session, as he encountered traffic on his final attempt and finished 18th.
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- 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Thursday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake had its first taste of the eagerly awaited Las Vegas Strip Circuit, but Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu were made to wait well into the night before they could get meaningful running in their C43s. Damage to the track surface meant that FP1 was cut short after just ten minutes, and FP2 had to be delayed until 2:30am: good things come to those who wait, though, and the two Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake drivers were able to finally get to discover the latest circuit in the calendar, with Valtteri recording the fifth fastest time in the late, late night session – a good indication ahead of tomorrow’s qualifying – and Zhou in P18.
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- I Want You to Know This About Me - Zhou Guanyu
- The story that Zhou Guanyu wants you to know.
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- 2023 Brazilian Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake suffered the cruellest of heartbreaks as Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu both retired from the Brazilian Grand Prix while in contention for the points. Both cars were sidelined with technical issues, nullifying a good team performance.
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- 2023 Brazilian Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake endured a frustrating Sprint race at the Brazilian Grand Prix, with Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas spending the majority of their afternoon stuck in a DRS train that left them unable to make any progress in the 24-lap dash.
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- 2023 Brazilian Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake couldn't match last week's Saturday performance in qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix, with Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu setting the 18th and 20th fastest times in Q1. The result will make for a challenging Sunday, but the team will aim to bounce back immediately, with another chance to improve in tomorrow's Shootout and Sprint.
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- 2023 Mexican Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake endured a frustrating Sunday afternoon in Mexico City as Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas, starting within the top ten on the grid, saw their quest for points nullified in the Mexican Grand Prix, finishing in 14th and 15th place respectively.
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- 2023 Mexican Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake placed two cars in Q3 in qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix, with Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu in 9th and 10th position respectively. This result came after a solid progression through the practice sessions, in which the team kept fine-tuning the C43’s setup for the unique characteristics of the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
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- 2023 Mexican Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake had a solid start to its Mexican Grand Prix weekend, as Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu closed the day showing the competitiveness of the C43. Earlier in the day, the team's reserve driver, Théo Pourchaire, also took to the car in lieu of Valtteri, but his FP1 action was reduced by a technical problem to the brake-by-wire system that forced him in the garage for most of the session.
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- 2023 United States Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake couldn’t convert its qualifying positions into points at the United States Grand Prix, as Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu finished 14th and 15th respectively at the Circuit of the Americas. Both drivers were involved in battles from lights to flag, but the top ten remained elusive.
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- 2023 United States Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake had its share of on-track battles during the United States Grand Prix Sprint, as Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu finished 16th and 17th respectively after a busy 19 laps of action.
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- 2023 United States Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake delivered a solid performance in qualifying for the United States Grand Prix, with Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas in 12th and 13th position respectively, narrowly missing out on a spot in Q3. Today's result was testament to the good work done by the team, which set up the drivers' C43s on the back of a single hour of practice ahead of qualifying at the Circuit of the Americas.
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- Zhou brands his back-row-to-points run in Qatar 'something quite special'
- Zhou Guanyu branded his remarkable fight back from the last row of the grid to a points finish in Qatar "something quite special" as Alfa Romeo celebrated a double points finish for the first time this season.
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- 2023 Qatar Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK celebrated a brilliant double-points finish at the Qatar Grand Prix, as Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu claimed 8th and 9th positions respectively. This result was the reward for a strong performance by the team as a whole, as drivers, pit crew and the whole of the race team delivered the perfect execution on race day.
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- 2023 Qatar Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK went within sight of the points in the Qatar Grand Prix Sprint, with Valtteri Bottas claiming 10th place, ahead of team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, in 14th. Both cars had good pace and fought their way through the field as incidents and Safety Cars provided an entertaining show at the Lusail Circuit.
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- 2023 Qatar Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK returned to Q3 as Valtteri Bottas qualified in P9 for Sunday's Qatar Grand Prix. It was a sterling performance by the Finn, who maximised the potential of his upgraded C43 to make it all the way under the lights of the Lusail circuit. On the other side of the garage, there was frustration for Zhou Guanyu, who couldn't take advantage of the car's pace when his lap was compromised by an incident with Logan Sargeant, finally setting the 20th time.
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- 2023 Japanese Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake had its work cut out at the Suzuka Circuit, as opening-lap incidents compromised the team's drivers' races from the get-go. Valtteri Bottas saw his race come to an early end after just a handful of laps, after he sustained damage in two on-track collisions which forced the team to retire his car. Teammate, Zhou Guanyu, was affected by the fracas on the opening lap, and mostly drove a recovery race after he was required to pit to change his front wing – managing to climb up to 13th place and recovering six positions on track by the chequered flag.
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- 2023 Japanese Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake couldn't maximise the promising pace shown in practice as it tackled qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix, with Valtteri Bottas setting the 16th fastest time, mere hundreds of a second away from the Q2 threshold, ahead of team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, in P19. It was a challenging afternoon for the team at the Suzuka Circuit: work will be done overnight to figure out what lacked today, as both drivers will now aim to recover positions on track during tomorrow's race, charging their way through the field and into the top ten.
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- 2023 Japanese Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake completed its first day of on-track activities at the Japanese Grand Prix. Throughout the practice sessions, the team worked on optimising the upgrade package introduced in Singapore last weekend: Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu worked through their daily programmes, getting a good amount of mileage in and testing different set-ups and aero configurations on their C43s.
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- 2023 Singapore Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake raced fiercely under the Marina Bay lights, but the increased turn of pace in Sunday's showdown just wasn't enough to bring home the points. Zhou Guanyu performed a good comeback from a pit-lane start, racing into the points thanks to an aggressive strategy by the team; in the end, however, he had to settle for 12th place, just outside the top ten. Team-mate, Valtteri Bottas, also raced in the points-scoring positions around the halfway mark, only to see his race ended by a technical issue before the closing stages.
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- 2023 Singapore Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake fell just short of a spot in Q2 in qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix, with Valtteri Bottas setting the 16th fastest time, ahead of team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, in P19. It was a difficult session for the team at the Marina Bay Circuit: both drivers will aim to make up ground tomorrow with race pace and strategy as the team aims to climb their way into the points.
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- 2023 Singapore Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake had a productive day of practice in the Singapore heat: in two busy sessions at the Marina Bay circuit, the team was able to begin evaluating the package of upgrades produced in Hinwil following the last race in Monza, as well as prepare for one of the toughest and most physical races of the season.
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- Onwards: Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake confirms unchanged line-up for 2024 season
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake will head into the 2024 season with an unchanged line-up, as the team confirmed that current drivers, Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu, will continue their relationship with the Hinwil squad for a third year running.
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- 2023 Italian Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake scored a precious point on home soil, with Valtteri Bottas finishing tenth in an exciting Italian Grand Prix. Opting for a reverse strategy as one of only three cars starting on hard tyres, Valtteri and the team executed a spotless run to make up ground in the second half of the race and climb into the top ten. Zhou Guanyu had a more challenging race, eventually finishing 14th in a performance that boasted some good overtaking manoeuvres.
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- 2023 Italian Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake battled for the grid in front of a raucous home crowd in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix. Valtteri Bottas claimed a spot in Q2, eventually setting the 14th fastest time, two spots ahead of team-mate, Zhou Guanyu. These positions will give the team a fair shot at a spot in the top ten in tomorrow's race, a result that would delight the crowd of colleagues supporting the team from a dedicated grandstand on the home straight.
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- 2023 Italian Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake kicked off proceedings for its home race, the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, with two practice session in full sunshine. The day turned out to be a challenging one for the team, which started its Friday action on the back foot with a software issue costing both drivers some time in FP1: however, good work from the team helped recover the lost time and provided the engineers with the data necessary to assess the new front suspension and make a step forward in performance ahead of tomorrow's qualifying.
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- 2023 Dutch Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake left Zandvoort with no reward after a challenging weekend in the Netherlands. In a race heavily affected by the weather, with sudden downpours making the track nigh on undriveable, Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas both drove within the points at times: eventually, though, the team could not capitalise on this position, with Valtteri finishing 14th and Zhou emerging unscathed from a rain-induced crash at turn one.
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- 2023 Dutch Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake couldn't capitalise on its practice performance in qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix. In a rain-affected session in Zandvoort, Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas claimed the 16th and 19th fastest laps, a result that does not reflect the form shown earlier in the weekend, where the team was solidly in the top ten.
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- 2023 Dutch Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake returned to track action after the summer break during practice for the Dutch Grand Prix. On the challenging Zandvoort Circuit, Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu went through a busy programme of testing on their C43s, with solid and promising indications coming from their on-track work.
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- 2023 Belgian Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK executed a solid recovery race at the Belgian Grand Prix, with Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu making up places to finish just outside the points-scoring positions, in 12th and 13th respectively. Both drivers had a busy afternoon as they were enmeshed in battles and end-to-end action, in which their C43s demonstrated good pace and was able to fight on an equal footing with its rivals.
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- 2023 Belgian Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK battled the elements in a shortened Sprint Race in Spa-Francorchamps. Starting from the bottom of the grid, Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu did a fine job keeping out of trouble and, amid the spray and the slippery conditions, made up a few places to cross the finish line in 13th and 15th positions, respectively.
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- 2023 Belgian Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK undertook the first day's session for the Sprint Belgian Grand Prix weekend, tackling Friday qualifying at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps to define the grid for Sunday's race.
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- 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake went from the high of yesterday's strong qualifying performance to the challenge of a difficult race at the Hungarian Grand Prix, as the team didn't get to build up on the solid performances shown on Saturday.
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- 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake recorded its best team qualifying performance since the 2012 season as Zhou Guanyu stormed his way to fifth place on the grid for the Hungarian Grand Prix, with team-mate, Valtteri Bottas, setting the seventh fastest time. It was a brilliant team performance as Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake made the most of the new tyre compound regulations, introduced for this event, and extracted the most out of the C43, sporting the updates introduced last time out in Silverstone.
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- 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake returned to action at the Hungaroring during the two Friday practice sessions for the Hungarian Grand Prix. Despite the first session being affected by a couple of red flags and mixed weather conditions, Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu got the most out of their time on track, gathering important data for the engineers on the intermediate tyres. During the second session, the focus was put on further optimising the package introduced last time out in Silverstone, practicing both race simulations and qualifying runs on the medium compound, which will be used in Q2 tomorrow.
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- F1 driver Zhou Guanyu becomes Special Olympics Global Ambassador
- F1 racing driver Zhou Guanyu has pledged his support to creating more sporting opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) by becoming a Global Ambassador for Special Olympics.
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- 2023 British Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake executed a recovery race at the British Grand Prix, as both drivers climbed up the field, gaining ten positions overall and eventually finishing 12th and 15th, respectively.
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- 2023 British Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake saw its Saturday efforts at the British Grand Prix hampered by issues which affected both cars, as intermittent rain influenced both FP3 and the qualifying session.
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- 2023 British Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake completed its first day of on-track action at the British Grand Prix. The first practice session at the Silverstone Circuit saw the debut of the upgrade package produced by the team back in Hinwil: Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu fulfilled their daily programmes, getting a good amount of mileage in and testing different set-ups on their C43.
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- 2023 Austrian Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake endured a difficult weekend on the Styrian mountains, with no points scored at the end of a challenging Sprint event. In the main Sunday race, Zhou Guanyu finished 12th, while team-mate Valtteri Bottas crossed the finish line in 15th place, after a first lap contact compromised his hopes to climb back the ever-tight field.
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- 2023 Austrian Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake endured a challenging Saturday at the Austrian Grand Prix, with the team struggling in the mixed weather conditions which affected both the Sprint Shootout and the Sprint Race. Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas finished 19th and 20th in the Sprint, after a complicated Shootout compromised by low track temperatures.
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- 2023 Austrian Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake undertook Friday qualifying session at the Red Bull Ring, defining the grid for Sunday's race. Valtteri Bottas claimed a spot in Q2 by setting the 14th fastest time; Zhou Guanyu showed promising pace as well, and was on a mission to join his team-mate in the top 15, but last-lap traffic and a loss of tyre temperature had him miss the cut, eventually ending up in 17th place.
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- 2023 Canadian Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake brought back one important point from the Canadian Grand Prix, as Valtteri Bottas made up four positions to finish within the top ten at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
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- 2023 Canadian Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake endured a tough qualifying day at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, with rain influencing both FP3 and the grid-setting session. Valtteri Bottas set the 15th time in difficult conditions that prevented him from properly extracting the car's potential and repeating the performances shown during earlier practice. Teammate, Zhou Guanyu, suffered a technical issue at the start of Q1 which hindered his chance to make it through, ultimately finishing 20th.
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- 2023 Canadian Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake completed an eventful day of on-track action at the Canadian Grand Prix, with mixed weather conditions affecting the proceedings at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. With only one extended practice session at their disposal, following external technical issues in the circuit CCTV system that prevented nearly the entirety of FP1 from going forward for safety reasons, Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu still managed to go through their run plans, getting a good amount of mileage in and testing different set-ups on the car.
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- DRIVING STYLE: Zhou Guanyu reveals his style icons, his golden fashion rules – and why he needs a bigger wardrobe
- Since joining the grid in 2022, Zhou Guanyu has proven to be one of the more sartorially sophisticated members of the Formula 1 paddock. So we thought he'd be the perfect person to talk to all things fashion with us in the first edition of our new feature, Driving Style.
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- 2023 Spanish Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK brought home two precious points from the Spanish Grand Prix as Zhou Guanyu delivered a flawless race in Barcelona. The Chinese driver made a leap forward at the start, settling into the top ten during his first stint: a good strategy saw the team react to the unfolding situation on track and, by the end of the afternoon, this resulted in Zhou crossing the line in tenth place – and immediately promoted to ninth, following a penalty to Yuki Tsunoda.
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- 2023 Spanish Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK is still in the fight for points at the Spanish Grand Prix, as Zhou Guanyu set the 13th fastest time in qualifying at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Team-mate, Valtteri Bottas, was 16th in a qualifying session that started on a damp track, before progressing to dry running.
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- 2023 Spanish Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK put its machinery through a test as it completed two busy sessions of practice for the Spanish Grand Prix. There was extensive mileage for the team as it took the advantage of good conditions and the perfect testing venue to fully evaluate the aero package introduced in Monaco, as well as do some work with experimental tyres by Pirelli.
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- 2023 Monaco Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake fought in the streets of Monaco, made treacherous by the elements, as Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu narrowly missed out on the points. Starting from the back rows on the grid, both drivers climbed the rankings, with Valtteri closing in 11th place and Zhou in 13th. The ten positions gained overall were the biggest improvement from any team during a race that was profoundly affected by a downpour just after the halfway mark.
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- 2023 Monaco Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake saw the promise of a strong showing in practice fail to convert into a qualifying result as Valtteri Bottas set the 15th fastest time of the session, with team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, in 19th.
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- 2023 Monaco Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake had its first taste of action on the streets of Monte Carlo as the team completed two busy sessions of practice for the Monaco Grand Prix. Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu had a productive day on track, getting to grips with the rapidly evolving circuit and growing their confidence with every lap.
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- 2023 Miami Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake put up a fight in the 2023 Miami Grand Prix, with both cars involved in the action from lights to flag. Despite a feisty performance and a strong opening stint, Valtteri Bottas finished outside of the points in 13th, with team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, completing his performance in 16th.
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- 2023 Miami Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake put up a good display in qualifying for the 2023 Miami Grand Prix, with Valtteri Bottas claiming a spot in the top ten and team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, setting the 14th time in Q2. This result marks the first Q3 visit for the team in the 2023 season and gives both Valtteri and Zhou a good opportunity to fight for the points in tomorrow's Grand Prix.
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- 2023 Miami Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake returned to action at the Miami International Autodrome during two busy sessions of free practice for the Miami Grand Prix. Despite a few interruptions caused by red flags, Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu maximised their time on the Floridian circuit, discovering the newly laid track surface and gathering important data for the team's engineers.
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- 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake endured a difficult weekend in the streets of Baku, with no points at the end of a challenging Sprint event. In the main Sunday race, Valtteri Bottas finished 18th, while team-mate Zhou Guanyu’s race ended prematurely with technical issues that are currently being investigated by the team.
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- 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake showed promise in today’s Sprint Race. Having opted for an aggressive strategy, splitting the tyre compound choices between the drivers, Zhou Guanyu made the most of the medium tyres to deliver a good race with solid pace; the Chinese driver made up three places in the 17 laps of the Sprint, showing an uptick in competitiveness compared to qualifying and finishing 12th.
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- 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake undertook the first-ever qualifying session under the new Sprint Race format, with Valtteri Bottas claiming a spot in Q2 and setting the 14th fastest time. Zhou Guanyu was agonisingly close to joining his team-mate in the top 15, but fell 0.02s short of the cut and finished 16th.
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- 2023 Australian Grand Prix – Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK brought home two points from a chaotic Australian Grand Prix in which three red flags conspired to keep fans on the edge of their seats until the very end of the race. Zhou Guanyu kept his cool through the drama to cross the line in tenth place, immediately upgraded to P9 following a 5s penalty to Carlos Sainz ahead. Valtteri Bottas just missed out on the points in P11.
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- 2023 Australian Grand Prix – Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK endured a difficult day at Albert Park, with the team struggling to capture the pace shown during the weekend so far. Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas finished 17th and 19th in a difficult qualifying session, with the low track temperatures mixing up the tight field.
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- 2023 Australian Grand Prix – Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK completed its first day of action on track at Albert Park, as mixed weather conditions added another variable at a track that is traditionally tricky on Friday.
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- 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake had a challenging evening in Jeddah as Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas finished 13th and 18th respectively in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
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- 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake had a solid display in qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas fighting their way to the 12th and 14th fastest times – with Zhou promoted to 11th on the grid owing to a penalty to Charles Leclerc. In a congested field with mere tenths and hundredths of a second separating the vast majority of the competitors, both drivers will be fighting for a spot in the top ten in tomorrow night's race.
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- 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake completed its first day of on-track action at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit. On a day concluded under the floodlights at the Saudi street circuit, the team explored different setup options ahead of tomorrow's qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: work remains to be done to improve the performance of the C43 for this challenging track, but the team – both in Jeddah and back in Hinwil – is crunching the data to be in the best possible shape tomorrow.
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- 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix – Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake claimed four points in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, as Valtteri Bottas's eighth place crowned a good team performance. The result takes the team to P5 in the Constructors' Championship, a solid return from the first race of the year and a reward for the good progression the team produced over the winter.
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- 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix – Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake qualified on the verge of Q3 under the Sakhir lights. Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu set the 12th and 13th fastest times as they claimed their spot on the grid for tomorrow’s Bahrain Grand Prix.
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- 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix – Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake completed the first Friday of competitive action in 2023 as the team took part in two practice sessions at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu were behind the wheel of the C43 as the team worked to fine-tune the setup of its new challenger ahead of tomorrow’s qualifying session.
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- Bahrain Pre-Season Test – Day 2
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake topped the timesheets in the second day of pre-season action in Sakhir, Bahrain. Lap times in testing are of limited value, but the team can take great encouragement by the good mileage racked up by Zhou Guanyu, who completed 132 laps of the Bahrain International Circuit on his new Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake C43.
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- 2023 Bahrain Pre-Season Test – Day 1
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake had a successful first day of official track action, as Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas put the new C43 to the test at the Bahrain International Circuit. The team was able to enjoy a productive session with no major issues, maximising the available time and completing more than a hundred and thirty laps.
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- Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake unveils the C43: aggressive on and below the skin
- Hinwil, 7 February 2023 – Lean, mean and absolutely gorgeous. Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake unveiled its 2023 challenger, the C43, at a launch event held jointly in Zurich and at the team headquarters in Hinwil, Switzerland, and the world of Formula One has an early contender for the title of most beautiful car on the grid already.
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- Zhou Guanyu: looking forward to working with Sauber New CEO Seidl
- Zhou indicated that he’s been impressed by Seidl so far.
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- Zhou wins Autosport's Rookie of the Year Award
- Alfa Romeo Formula 1 driver Zhou Guanyu is the winner of Autosport's 2022 Rookie of the Year Award.
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- 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN reached the promised land as it clinched sixth place in the constructors' championship. A successful season came to an end in a race that yielded no points, but in which every team effort was directed in securing the team's season target.
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- 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN endured a challenging qualifying session at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with Zhou Guanyu setting the 15th fastest time and Valtteri Bottas following in 18th. Both cars will have a big job on hand to score points tomorrow but, with a long Sunday evening ahead of us and the C42 working well in race trim, there is all to play for in the final race of the year.
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- 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN had a productive day of practice at the Yas Marina circuit as the team kicked off preparations for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. On the final Friday of championship action, Valtteri Bottas, Zhou Guanyu and Robert Kubica piled on the laps to provide our engineers trackside and at our Hinwil HQ with the data to mount the most effective qualifying charge tomorrow.
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- 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN produced a strong display to bring home two points at the Brazilian Grand Prix, courtesy of Valtteri Bottas's ninth place. Team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, also had a good race and ran in the points for a majority of the afternoon, before closing in 12th position.
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- 2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN made steady progress in the Sprint to set the grid for tomorrow's Brazilian Grand Prix. Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas were in overtaking mood as they made the most of their C42s' pace and eventually crossed the finish line in P13 and P14 respectively.
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- 2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN endured a difficult qualifying session at the Brazilian Grand Prix, with Zhou Guanyu setting the 17th fastest time, ahead of team-mate Valtteri Bottas in 18th. It was a result, matured in a rain-affected session, that didn't reflect the strong performances shown in practice: but with tomorrow's Sprint providing an additional opportunity to improve, the team will go all in to gain some good starting positions for Sunday's race in Interlagos.
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- 2022 Mexican Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN brought home one valuable point from the Mexican Grand Prix as Valtteri Bottas finished tenth, with team-mate Zhou Guanyu in 13th. It was a challenging race for the team, but the final reward of one point allows it to extend its lead for P6 in the constructors' standings to four points.
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- 2022 Mexican Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN was in great form in qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix, as Valtteri Bottas set the sixth fastest time to book a spot on the third row for tomorrow's grid. Zhou Guanyu only missed out on a place in the top ten for a small margin, and will line up in P12, with a good chance to make his way into the points.
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- 2022 Mexican Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN completed a busy day of practice at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, as the team kicked off their on-track activities for the Mexican Grand Prix. The focus was on maximising performances in the first Free Practice session of the day, with another extended FP2 session mainly dedicated to tyres testing ahead of 2023. Despite a few issues not allowing Zhou Guanyu to get the most out of his time in the car, the team enjoyed a decent start to the weekend, with Valtteri Bottas firmly in the top ten in both sessions.
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- 2022 United States Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN went close to the points in a chaotic United States Grand Prix, with a top-ten finish only slipping out of reach in the closing stages of the race. Zhou Guanyu, starting from P18 after a power unit penalty, made a good recovery with a brave race and an aggressive strategy; he climbed as high as tenth before a late surge by cars on fresher tyres saw him finish in 13th place.
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- 2022 United States Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN was a strong performer in qualifying for the United States Grand Prix, and only saw its first double-Q3 of the season vanish due to a marginal infringement of track limits regulations by Zhou Guanyu. Valtteri Bottas qualified tenth, but is expected to make up three more places on tomorrow's grid due to penalties to other drivers, to start seventh; Zhou eventually ended up 14th, but will suffer a further five-place penalty for additional power unit components.
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- 2022 United States Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN enjoyed a solid start to the United States Grand Prix weekend as Zhou Guanyu, Valtteri Bottas and Sauber Academy driver, Théo Pourchaire, took to the track in Austin. With an extended FP2 session devoted almost entirely to testing the prototype tyres for 2023, it was important to maximise the opening session to gather all available data – a target the team achieved today.
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- 2022 Japanese Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN saw the chequered flag in a chaotic Japanese Grand Prix, but there was no reward for Valtteri Bottas's and Zhou Guanyu's heroics under the pouring rain in Suzuka.
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- 2022 Japanese Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN qualified in 12th and 14th place for tomorrow's Japanese Grand Prix, as Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu set themselves up for a good opportunity to score points. The team delivered a solid display, missing out on a place in Q3 for a tiny margin – less than 0.1s: with the weather forecast still in the balance for the race, there's everything to play for.
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- 2022 Japanese Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN enjoyed a strong start to the Japanese Grand Prix weekend. Around a wet and rainy Suzuka Circuit, Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu had productive amounts of laps with good performance on display: both drivers finished the day within the top ten, a good indication ahead of tomorrow's qualifying session.
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- 2022 Singapore Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN endured a tough weekend in Singapore, as Valtteri Bottas brought his C42 home in 11th place after a damp-to-dry race on the Marina Bay circuit. Team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, saw his evening end early as he was the victim of a collision with Nicholas Latifi, the resulting damage putting the Chinese driver out of the running.
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- 2022 Singapore Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN battled a slippery Marina Bay track as it qualified for tomorrow's Singapore Grand Prix. Zhou Guanyu claimed a spot in Q2, eventually qualifying in 15th position, one spot ahead of team-mate, Valtteri Bottas, in a session that started damp with a gradually drying track.
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- 2022 Singapore Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN had a solid start in Singapore, as the first two practice sessions took place around the stunning Marina Bay circuit. Under the floodlights, Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu completed two trouble free sessions, gathering extensive data for the team to crunch and showing promise of a good performance, with the Finn closing the final session in seventh place.
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- Pressure in rookie season made me stronger says Zhou, as he targets ‘more points and less DNFs’ in 2023
- Zhou Guanyu says the pressure of a nation in his maiden Formula 1 campaign with Alfa Romeo has made him "stronger" – and he’s now excited to kick on in his second season.
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- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN and Zhou Guanyu continue together for 2023
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN will continue its journey with Zhou Guanyu as the team extends its relationship with the Chinese driver for the 2023 season.
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- 2022 Italian Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN brought home a well-deserved point from the Italian Grand Prix as Zhou Guanyu finished 10th on a busy afternoon of racing.
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- 2022 Italian Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN delivered a solid performance in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix, as Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu set the 12th and 14th times in the session respectively. The grid for tomorrow's race will be mixed up by penalties to several drivers, including a 15-place one to Valtteri for new power unit components, with Zhou expected to start in P9 and Valtteri in P15.
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- 2022 Italian Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN had a trouble-free day in Monza as the team kicked off their on-track activity for our home race, the Italian Grand Prix.
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- 2022 Dutch Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN had a tough day in Zandvoort as Zhou Guanyu finished 16th and Valtteri Bottas retired from the Dutch Grand Prix. A difficult weekend ended in disappointment in what was, for the neutral viewer, an incredibly thrilling afternoon of racing. The team will now return to action in next weekend's Italian Grand Prix, the team's home race.
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- 2022 Dutch Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN endured a challenging day during qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix. Zhou Guanyu booked a place in Q2 before setting the 14th fastest time of the session; Valtteri Bottas's day ended earlier, as he was 16th in Q1. The focus now shifts to tomorrow’s race around the tricky Zandvoort circuit.
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- 2022 Dutch Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN completed a busy day of practice in Zandvoort as preparations continued for this weekend's Dutch Grand Prix. The team had an issue-free day, collecting crucial data to unlock extra performance ahead of tomorrow's qualifying session.
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- 2022 Belgian Grand Prix - Sunday
- Spa-Francorchamps, 28 August 2022 – Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN went close to scoring points as Zhou Guanyu finished 14th, within seconds of P10, at the Belgian Grand Prix. Birthday Boy, Valtteri Bottas, saw his race come to an early end as he was collected by a spinning Latifi and spun into the gravel in the opening laps.
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- 2022 Belgian Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN put up a good display of teamwork in qualifying for tomorrow's Belgian Grand Prix. Zhou Guanyu claimed a spot in Q2 with a strong lap, assisted by a tow by Valtteri Bottas, who was assured of a P14 start due to a penalty; in the subsequent session, Zhou qualified in P13, although he is expected to be starting in 19th place due to a penalty.
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- 2022 Belgian Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN returned from the summer break with a busy day of practice in Spa-Francorchamps. Despite a technical issue stopping Valtteri Bottas in FP1, the team had a solid start, with Zhou Guanyu just outside the top ten in both sessions.
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- Zhou 'a surprise of the season' says Alfa Romeo's Monchaux as he reveals plan to 'spoil the party' in midfield battle
- Alfa Romeo may be the only team running a rookie this year. But based on Zhou Guanyu's results from the first half of the season, Technical Director Jan Monchaux has described the Chinese driver's positive performances as "a surprise" of 2022.
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- How Zhou is silencing doubters: 'People have said racist stuff, I do my talking on track'
- Zhou's rookie season will be remembered for his crash at Silverstone and label as a pay driver, but that's unfair on an impressive young driver, says Chris Medland.
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- Zhou admits he has 'surprised' himself in first half of rookie year
- Zhou Guanyu – the only rookie in the 2022 F1 field – has been reflecting on his achievements during his debut season in the sport.
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- 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN saw a race spent nearly entirely within the top ten come to nothing as Zhou Guanyu finished 13th and Valtteri Bottas retired from the Hungarian Grand Prix. The race marks the end of the first part of the season, with the summer break now allowing the team to regroup and return to the performance levels shown throughout the spring.
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- 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN had a strong showing at the Hungaroring, with Valtteri Bottas qualifying in eighth place for tomorrow's Hungarian Grand Prix, and Zhou Guanyu just outside the top ten in 12th place.
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- 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN ran all its three drivers on a busy Friday of practice in Budapest. Reserve driver, Robert Kubica, was in the car for FP1 before Valtteri Bottas resumed his duties alongside Zhou Guanyu for FP2. The team ended the day in the top ten and collected plenty of data for the engineers to crunch tonight.
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- 2022 French Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN left the Circuit Paul Ricard empty handed on a difficult Sunday on which Valtteri Bottas finished 14th and Zhou Guanyu's race was cut short by a technical issue. The team will aim to bounce back immediately at next week's Hungarian Grand Prix, the last race before the summer break.
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- 2022 French Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN will start tomorrow's French Grand Prix in P11 and P16. On a hot summer day in Le Castellet, Valtteri Bottas brought his C42 into Q2, while team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, saw his final Q1 attempt compromised and bowed out in the first segment of the session.
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- 2022 French Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN had a busy day of searing hot practice at the French Grand Prix, with two hours of track action at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet. The team's reserve driver, Robert Kubica, stepped in the car alongside Zhou Guanyu in the opening session, before the Pole handed the wheel back to Valtteri Bottas for the final session of the day.
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- 2022 Austrian Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN nearly completed a pit-lane-to-points comeback at the Austrian Grand Prix, as Valtteri Bottas finished 11th and Zhou Guanyu 14th in a hectic race at the Red Bull Ring.
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- 2022 Austrian Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN showed good pace in today's Austrian Grand Prix Sprint Race, with Valtteri Bottas finishing in P10 and Zhou Guanyu making an impressive recovery from a pit lane start to 14th place.
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- 2022 Austrian Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN endured a challenging Friday at the Red Bull Ring, as Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu qualified for the Austrian Grand Prix in P13 and P18 respectively. The 11th round of the Formula One championship features a Sprint tomorrow, the results of which will determine the final grid positions for Sunday's race.
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- 2022 British Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN had a difficult day at the British Grand Prix. Zhou Guanyu was the victim of a gigantic crash from which he emerged, thankfully, unscathed, while Valtteri Bottas retired with gearbox issues.
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- 2022 British Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN battled the weather conditions to claim another Q3 as Zhou Guanyu set the 9th time in qualifying for the British Grand Prix. Team-mate, Valtteri Bottas, was in 12th position, giving both Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN drivers a good chance to place both cars in the points come tomorrow's race.
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- 2022 British Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN completed the first day of on-track action at the British Grand Prix. The Silverstone circuit was wet in FP1, a factor that limited running in a session that saw Valtteri Bottas top the timesheets with Zhou Guanyu in sixth; in the second session, a dry track allowed for plenty of laps to be completed, the resulting data driving the engineer's efforts to fine-tune the setup of the C42 tonight.
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- Alfa Romeo see "great future in F1" for Zhou after best result so far
- Zhou Guanyu's Alfa Romeo team predicted a bright future for the rookie Formula 1 driver after he achieved his best result of the season to date last weekend.
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- BEYOND THE GRID: Zhou Guanyu on racing his heroes as China’s first full-time F1 driver
- From Shanghai to… Sheffield. As F1 career paths go, Zhou Guanyu’s is decidedly out of the ordinary. But then that’s hardly surprising, given that the 23-year-old is blazing a trail for Chinese racers – as he reveals in this week’s episode of Beyond The Grid.
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- F1 star Zhou Guanyu to drive at Festival of Speed
- Alfa Romeo Formula 1 driver Zhou Guanyu will make his Goodwood Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard (23rd-26th June) debut at the wheel of the recently revealed Alfa Romeo Tonale.
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- Zhou feels pride of Chinese fans after Canada points
- Zhou Guanyu feels his home fans in China will be "proud" of his efforts in Canada, after securing a solid P8 finish at the weekend.
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- 2022 Canadian Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN celebrated a great team performance, with Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu delivering a double-points finish at the Canadian Grand Prix. During a thrilling race in Montreal, Valtteri and Zhou brought their C42s home in P7 and P8 respectively, the second time this season both cars finished in the top ten.
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- 2022 Canadian Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN set itself up for a battling Sunday with a solid performance in qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix. In treacherous conditions, with a full-wet track in Q1 giving way to intermediate conditions in Q2 and Q3, Zhou Guanyu claimed his first top-ten qualifying shootout appearance in his career, setting the tenth fastest time. Valtteri Bottas was 11th, completing the day for the team and making sure both cars will be in a position to fight for the points in tomorrow's race.
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- 2022 Canadian Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN returned to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for the first time in three years as it completed Friday practice for the Canadian Grand Prix. It was a busy day for Zhou Guanyu, as he got to grips with a track on which he had never driven before; on the other side of the garage, Valtteri Bottas had a solid FP1 before a technical issue prevented him from setting a lap in the second session.
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- 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN endured a disappointing day in Baku as Valtteri Bottas finished 11th in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, seeing his race come to a premature end due to a technical issue when running in the points.
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- 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN qualified in 14th and 15th position for tomorrow’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, in a session in which the team couldn’t express all its potential. Zhou Guanyu was flawless in Q1, finishing 9th, but an ill-timed yellow flag in Q2 meant that, for the second race in succession, our qualifying attempts were stymied.
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- 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN completed an issue-free practice day at the Baku Street Circuit. Throughout the two sessions, Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu worked with the team to improve their C42, decked in a special livery for the weekend, in preparation for tomorrow's qualifying session for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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- 2022 Monaco Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN brought home two points from a chaotic, rain-affected Monaco Grand Prix. Both Valtteri Bottas, ninth at the chequered flag, and Zhou Guanyu, 16th, managed to gain places from their starting positions, continuing the team's scoring streak on a challenging weekend for Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN.
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- 2022 Monaco Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN will have a challenge on its hands in tomorrow's Monaco Grand Prix, after qualifying in P12 with Valtteri Bottas and P20 with Zhou Guanyu. A chaotic Saturday afternoon session, strewn with red flags and incidents, means the team will need a strong comeback in tomorrow’s race.
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- 2022 Monaco Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN completed a challenging first day of practice at the Monaco Grand Prix. Zhou Guanyu had his first taste of the Monte-Carlo circuit in an F1 car and was able to make good mileage, while Valtteri Bottas missed out on the first session with a power unit issue but was able to recover in the final hour of action to help the team prepare for tomorrow’s qualifying session.
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- Zhou has made his critics look stupid, says Vasseur
- China's first Formula One driver Guanyu Zhou has made his critics look stupid so far in his rookie season, according to Alfa Romeo boss Frederic Vasseur.
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- 2022 Spanish Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN had a strong race in Barcelona, with Valtteri Bottas racing all afternoon in the highest positions and finishing in sixth place. The successful day wasn’t complete, however, as Zhou Guanyu was stopped by a technical issue when making steady progress towards a top-ten finish.
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- 2022 Spanish Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN will start in the top ten in tomorrow’s Spanish Grand Prix, as Valtteri Bottas qualified a fine seventh in today’s grid-setting session. Team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, was strong in Q1 and will start tomorrow’s race in P15.
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- 2022 Spanish Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN returned to action on practice day for the Spanish Grand Prix, the sixth round of the 2022 season. The team had a productive first session with Valtteri Bottas and Robert Kubica, while in the afternoon there was plenty of mileage for Zhou Guanyu as Valtteri’s session was cut short by a technical issue.
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- Alfa Romeo impressed by Zhou's racecraft
- Alfa Romeo's head of trackside engineering, Xevi Pujolar, says that he is impressed by Zhou Guanyu's racecraft and ability to overtake in races.
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- 2022 Miami Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN brought home another strong points finish in the inaugural Miami Grand Prix as Valtteri Bottas finished in seventh place. Unfortunately, Zhou Guanyu’s race came to a premature end with a technical issue when he was making good progress towards the points.
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- 2022 Miami Grand Prix - Saturday
- Zhou Guanyu was unlucky as his last lap in Q1, in which he was making good gains, was spoiled when he encountered heavy traffic in the final corners. Unable to improve his time due to this, he had to settle for 17th.
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- 2022 Miami Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN got its first taste of Miami action as it completed two sessions of free practice for the newest race in the calendar, the Miami Grand Prix. The team closed the day firmly in the top ten, with Zhou Guanyu recording the eighth fastest time in FP2, although a crash for Valtteri Bottas in FP1 means there will be some catching up to do in the final practice session tomorrow afternoon.
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- 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN delivered a strong performance as the team capped off a successful weekend with a fine fifth place by Valtteri Bottas. Team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, fought well to recover from a pitlane start after yesterday’s retirement, and finished in 15th place.
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- 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN brought home two points in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Sprint as Valtteri Bottas delivered a strong performance for P7. Team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, unfortunately fell victim of a first-lap collision that forced him to retire from the race.
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- 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN battled changing conditions and a slippery track en route to a positive result in qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Valtteri Bottas set the eighth fastest time upon his return to Q3; Zhou Guanyu set the fourth time in Q1, before a late downpour prevented him from improving his Q2 lap, finishing in P14.
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- Alfa Romeo reveal what has impressed them about Zhou's performance
- Alfa Romeo's Zhou Guanyu had another solid outing in the Australian Grand Prix, narrowly missing the points and maintaining his record of finishing every race in his nascent F1 career. Afterwards, the team's Head of Trackside Engineering, Xevi Pujolar, applauded Zhou's approach to the Albert Park race.
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- 2022 Australian Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN claimed four important points at the Australian Grand Prix, as Valtteri Bottas finished eighth at the end of a thrilling race. Team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, went close to making it a double-points finish as he pulled off a remarkable comeback to finish P11, just over two seconds away from the top ten.
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- 2022 Australian Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN qualified in P12 and P14 for the Australian Grand Prix, which will take place in Melbourne tomorrow.
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- 2022 Australian Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN enjoyed a solid first day of track action at the Australian Grand Prix. Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu led the team through the two Friday practice sessions, confirming the good form the team showed in the two opening rounds of the seasons as Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN prepare for tomorrow’s qualifying.
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- Xinhua Interview: Zhou Guanyu aims for podium finish after remarkable F1 debut
- Finishing 10th in the Bahrain Grand Prix in his Formula 1 debut on Sunday, Zhou Guanyu became the first ever Chinese driver to make it to the highest level race of motor sports.
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- ‘I don’t want to be in Formula 1 for the sake of it’ – Zhou Guanyu on flying the flag for China
- Coming into his maiden season, China’s first F1 driver Zhou Guanyu is carrying the enormous weight of expectation. But while the Alfa Romeo racer admits he faces a steep learning curve, he’s determined to score points, not make up the numbers…
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- 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN suffered heartbreak at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as the team missed out on a double-points finish through a DNF for Valtteri Bottas and a penalty to Zhou Guanyu.
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- 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Saturday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN had another competitive showing during qualifying for the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with Valtteri Bottas setting the 8th fastest time and Zhou Guanyu in 13th. In a long evening of action, with a red flag for an accident to Mick Schumacher interrupting the session for a lengthy period of time, the two Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN drivers kept their cool and delivered solid performances to set themselves up in a good position for tomorrow’s Grand Prix.
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- Zhou says scoring point on debut is 'something I would only have dreamed of'
- Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu put in a momentous debut drive on Sunday in Bahrain as he scored a point for his team, backing up a double-points finish, and the rookie was left reflecting on an “emotional” and “intense” maiden F1 race.
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- Sensational Zhou proves his point
- Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu was left "speechless" after enjoying a dream Formula 1 debut at Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix.
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- 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix - Sunday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN opened its 2022 campaign with a strong performance that delivered a double points finish, with Valtteri Bottas finishing 6th ahead of team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, in P10.
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- 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix - Saturday
- Sakhir, 19 March 2022 – Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN claimed a place in Q3 at the first time of asking as Valtteri Bottas recorded a remarkable P6 in qualifying for the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix. Team-mate, Zhou Guanyu, qualified to Q2 on his debut weekend and will start in P15 on the grid, with his best effort in the session sadly invalidated for a track limits infraction.
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- 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix - Friday
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN kicked off its 2022 championship campaign with a busy, promising day of practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
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- China's first F1 racer is one in more than a billion
- Guanyu Zhou will be the sole rookie in Formula One's Bahrain season-opener on Sunday but, as the first Chinese driver to make it onto the F1 starting grid, he is already one in more than a billion.
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- Bahrain Pre-Season Test – Day 3
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN brought pre-season testing to a close with a successful day of running in Bahrain, despite a late technical issue that cut the session 40 minutes short of the full eight hours. The team completed 150 laps, its highest tally for a single day in pre-season, to finish its preparations for next week’s championship opener in Sakhir.
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- Bahrain Pre-Season Test – Day 2
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN ran in the sun and under the floodlights during Day Two of testing at the Bahrain International Circuit. Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu helped the team progress its testing plans for the C42, ahead of tomorrow’s final day of pre-season activity.
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- Bahrain Pre-Season Test – Day 1
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN had a busy and successful first day of testing at the Bahrain International Circuit, with Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas completing more than a century of laps behind the wheel of the C42.
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- Bottas and rookie Zhou already collaborating well, says Alfa Romeo boss Vasseur
- Alfa Romeo are the only team to have an all-new driver pairing in this brand-new era of Formula 1, and the early signs of teamwork between rookie Zhou Guanyu and 10-time Grand Prix winner Valtteri Bottas are positive, according to Team Principal Frederic Vasseur.
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- Chasing the Dream Season 3 out now on F1 TV
- All six episodes of the third season of Chasing The Dream are available now on F1 TV Access and Pro, Zhou Guanyu is the first episode's hero.
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- A car for the new era: the Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN C42 is born
- The C42 is here, in its full glory. The latest Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN contender was finally unveiled, in an eye-catching livery of red and white, completing the grid for what promises to be an incredible season of Formula One racing.
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- Barcelona Pre-Season Test – Day 3
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN brought the first pre-season test to a close as Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas shared the car in Barcelona. The team continued its journey of understanding of the C42 in what was the final outing of the car in a camouflage livery, ahead of the official launch on Sunday 27th.
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- Barcelona Pre-Season Test – Day 2
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN closed the second day of pre-season testing on a positive note as Zhou Guanyu completed more than a full race distance in his first afternoon in the new C42.
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- Zhou 'proud' as he prepares to make pre-season running debut with Alfa Romeo
- China's first full-time F1 driver Zhou Guanyu is primed to enjoy what he called a "breakthrough" moment on Thursday afternoon – as he steps into the Alfa Romeo C42 for the very first time.
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- FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem Opens The Way For A New Step Forward In Formula 1 Refereeing
- FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s speech – 17 February 2022
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- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN C42 completes successful shakedown
- The Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN 2022 contender, the C42, completed a successful shakedown at Fiorano Circuit today.
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- F1 COMMISSION MEETING
- The F1 Commission gathered today, 14 February, in London, for its first meeting of 2022, and the first attended by newly-elected FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem. The following is an overview of the key discussion points and decisions, as the FIA and Formula 1 look forward to a record-breaking 23-event season.
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- Alfa Romeo announce post-Barcelona launch date for their C42 challenger
- Alfa Romeo have announced the official launch date for their 2022 Formula 1 car, the C42, which will see them compete with ex-Mercedes racer Valtteri Bottas and Chinese rookie Zhou Guanyu at the wheel.
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- 2022 pre-season testing dates in Barcelona and Bahrain confirmed
- Pre-season testing dates have been confirmed for 2022, with three days of track running in Spain, before the brand-new cars head to Bahrain in March for the Official Pre-Season Test.
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- Two big questions for Alfa Romeo in 2022: Will new blood spark a renaissance at Hinwil?
- Fielding a 10-time Grand Prix winner in Valtteri Bottas and the first-ever full-time Chinese F1 driver, Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo are hoping to bounce back from a 2021 campaign that saw them finish ninth overall. Here are two pertinent questions for the Hinwil-headquartered team.
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- Zhou: "Open" Bottas best teammate for rookie F1 year
- Alfa Romeo rookie Guanyu Zhou says there could be no better teammate to have for his rookie Formula 1 season than the "open" Valtteri Bottas.
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- LONG READ: What it's really like to be in an F1 team's driver academy
- Driver academies are like a motor racing shoehorn, designed to help squeeze a young racer snugly into the cockpit of Formula 1 machinery. Providing financial backing, training and simulator time, the benefits are plenty. But what goes on behind the scenes?
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- Alfa optimistic that Zhou can emulate Verstappen and Leclerc
- Speaking in an exclusive interview with RacingNews365.com, Frederic Vasseur expressed confidence that new signing Guanyu Zhou will be a fast learner in F1.
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- Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN ready for 2022
- A fresh identity to tackle a new era of Formula One: this is what Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN has unveiled, in the shape of a new team name and logo, as it completes its preparations for the 2022 season. The new brand identity is officially live and will be seen in action for the first time at the first pre-season test in Barcelona, late next month.
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- Alfa Romeo hail "perfect attitude" of rookie Zhou
- Alfa Romeo team principal Fred Vasseur has hailed the "perfect attitude" of rookie driver Guanyu Zhou.
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- Alfa Romeo Zhou contract a "big bang" to F1 system
- Alfa Romeo team principal Fred Vasseur believes the decision to hire Guanyu Zhou for this year will bring a "big bang" to F1's system.
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- UNI-Virtuosi engineer Rivera on the team’s pride at seeing ‘very humble’ Zhou step up to F1 with Alfa Romeo
- Having spent the past three years as Guanyu Zhou’s engineer, few people in the paddock were prouder than UNI-Virtuosi Racing’s Pau Rivera when the Chinese driver was promoted to Formula 1 with Alfa Romeo. Hailing the 22-year-old as “very humble,” Rivera said that it has been great to work with Zhou, who scored five wins and 20 podiums during his time working with Rivera at UNI-Virtuosi.
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- Guanyu Zhou executed Abu Dhabi Day 2 Post-Season Test perfectly with 150 laps
- Guanyu Zhou brought the last bit of track action of 2021 to an end as it completed a successful post-season test in Abu Dhabi. The session, hosted on the Yas Marina Circuit, allowed the team to put the new 18” Pirelli tyres to the test, gathering important data on one of the most crucial elements of the 2022 regulation revolution.
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- Zhou hit the track in his new colour in Abu Dhabi test
- With the 2021 season done and dusted, thoughts have already turned to 2022, with a post-season test in Abu Dhabi allowing drivers to sample Pirelli’s new 18-inch tyres – while the simultaneously-run Young Driver Test permitting some of single-seater racing’s brightest young talent to hit the track in current-spec F1 machinery.
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- Guanyu Zhou complete his F2 career in a high and end with champion and podium
- Last weekend, Guanyu Zhou collected 34 points totally in last Round of 2021 F2 Championship with a champion in Sprint Race 2 and a Feature Race runner-up. More importantly, after this round, Guanyu Zhou finished in the third place of championship this season. UNI-Virtuosi also climbed to the second place of Team’s standing in the last race by Guanyu Zhou and Felipe Drugovich’s incredible performance.
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- F1-bound Zhou eager to reward his team with a top-three finish in the Championship
- After three years, Guanyu Zhou will close the chapter on his Formula 2 career with UNI-Virtuosi, moving up to Formula 1 with Alfa Romeo, and the Chinese driver says he wants to end on a high and reward the people who have supported him along the way.
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- Guanyu Zhou keeps the hope of Championship in Jeddah last weekend
- After three very complicated races, Guanyu Zhou gained seven points this weekend. Although the points gap between him and Oscar Piastri has been increased, there is still hope for him to compete for the championship.
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- Zhou says his F1 promotion with Alfa Romeo has taken the pressure off as he targets the title
- It may have been two months since Formula 2 last raced, but Guanyu Zhou won’t be stepping back in completely cold, with the UNI-Virtuosi racer having spent two days in Alpine’s R.S.18 Formula 1 car in Barcelona.
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- Rookie Zhou in F1 dreamland
- As a boyhood Formula 1 fan, Zhou Guanyu has fond memories of roaring on his hero Fernando Alonso at Shanghai International Circuit. Now set to take his place on the F1 grid, Zhou is wrapping his head around the prospect of actually racing against the Spanish great.
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- Fernando Alonso says Alfa Romeo's promotion of Guanyu Zhou is 'good for F1 and China'
- Two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso has spoken highly of Alfa Romeo’s new recruit Guanyu Zhou, and said on Thursday that he’s “looking forward to racing with him” in F1 next year.
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- 5 key moments on 2022 Alfa Romeo driver Guanyu Zhou’s Road to F1
- Growing up in China with ambitions of being a Formula 1 driver, there was no obvious candidate from Guanyu Zhou’s homeland whose pathway he could follow. But after being announced as the country’s first full-time F1 racer, Zhou now has the opportunity to be that guiding voice for the next generation of Chinese talent.
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- Zhou has everything to be successful in F1, says Alfa Romeo boss
- Alfa Romeo boss Fred Vasseur believes Guanyu Zhou has “everything to be successful in Formula 1” when he becomes the first Chinese driver to race full time in the sport with the Swiss team in 2022.
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- Alfa Romeo announce Guanyu Zhou as Valtteri Bottas's team mate for 2022
- Guanyu Zhou will become China's first full-time F1 driver when he makes his debut with Alfa Romeo alongside Valtteri Bottas in 2022.
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- Enter the Dragon: Guanyu Zhou joins Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN for 2022
- Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN will have a boost of talent and youthful enthusiasm as Guanyu Zhou joins the team as race driver for the 2022 season.
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- Zhou 'sure' that UNI-Virtuosi have the pace to ‘keep fighting for the title’
- Although Robert Shwartzman has closed the gap to Guanyu Zhou in the Drivers’ Championship to just seven points, the Chinese driver says he’s not worried by those behind him, insisting that his UNI-Virtuosi will have the pace to fight back in the final two rounds.
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- Silverstone win 'took some of the pressure off' says Zhou as he looks to take back the Championship lead
- Despite losing the Championship lead for the first time this season in the first Sprint Race at Silverstone, Guanyu Zhou said that winning the Feature Race “took some of the pressure off” heading into the summer break.
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- Guanyu Zhou: Getting to know China's great F1 hope
- When Guanyu Zhou turned a wheel in this year’s Alpine Formula 1 car in first practice for the Austrian Grand Prix, he became only the second driver from mainland China to have done so. There are plenty of challenges ahead to make the next step as China’s first full-time Grand Prix driver. But there is no doubt, he is their best shot. So how did he get to where he is now, test driver for Alpine and second in the F2 standings?
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- Alonso says Zhou 'executed FP1 perfectly' in his place at the Red Bull Ring
- Fernando Alonso made way for Guanyu Zhou in first practice on Friday in Austria, and the two-time champion said that the young Chinese star ticked all the boxes as he made his FP1 debut for Alpine.
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- Guanyu Zhou to debut in Austrian Grand Prix
- Alpine F1 Team is pleased to confirm Guanyu Zhou will participate in his first-ever Formula 1 practice session at the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix this weekend.
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- Chinese rising star Guanyu Zhou targeting F1 seat in 2022
- Chinese racer and Alpine Academy member Guanyu Zhou will enter his third season of Formula 2 in 2021. But he plans to make it his last, with Zhou hoping that a proper title bid this season will provide a launchpad to becoming the first Chinese driver to start a Grand Prix in 2022.
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