Zhou Guanyu F1 Profile & Career Stats
Former Formula 1 Driver
Zhou Guanyu
F1 career: 2022 - 2024
Driver Profile
| Country |  China |
| Height | 1.72 meter / 5 feet 8 inch1.72 m / 5'8" |
| Place of Birth | Shanghai |
| Date of Birth | May 30th 1999: 27 years old |
| Season Entries | 3 (2022–2024) |
| Car Number | 24 |
| Best Qualifying | 5th - 2023 Hungarian F1 GP |
| Best Result | 8th - (2 times) |
Super Licence Penalty Points
0of 12 points
A clean licence today. Every point on record has run its twelve months.
4 expired points
- 22023 Hungarian F1 GPCausing a collision Infringement Breach of Appendix L, Chapter IV, Article 2 d) of the FIA International Sporting Code.
- 22022 French F1 GPCollision with car 47 between turns 11 and 12.
- 12022 Austrian F1 GPLeaving the track without a justifiable reason multiple times.
- 12022 Saudi Arabian F1 GPCar 24 overtook Car 23 by braking late and leaving the track at Turn 1 thereby gaining a lasting advantage.
Highest ever: 4 on
Full Career Statistics
| Drivers' Titles | 0 |
| Grand Prix Entries | 68 |
| Grand Prix Starts | 68 |
| Total Points | 16.00 |
| Avg. Points per GP | 0.24 |
| Grand Prix Wins | 0 |
| Pole Positions | 0 |
| Avg. GP Grid | 15.8 |
| GP Podiums | 0 |
| GP Fastest Laps | 2 (2,9%) |
| GP Points Finish | 7 (10,3%) |
| Avg. GP Position | 14.0 |
| GP DNFs | 11 (16,2%) |
| Total GP Laps | 3.651 |
F1 Career Team History
Key Career Landmarks
Race
2022 Bahrain F1 Grand Prix2022 BHR F1 GP 22 years, 294 days22y, 294d
2024 Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix2024 UAE F1 GP 25 years, 192 days25y, 192d
2022 Bahrain F1 Grand Prix2022 BHR F1 GP 22 years, 294 days22y, 294d2024 Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix2024 UAE F1 GP 25 years, 192 days25y, 192dFastest lap
2022 Japanese F1 Grand Prix2022 JPN F1 GP 23 years, 132 days23y, 132d2023 Bahrain F1 Grand Prix2023 BHR F1 GP 23 years, 279 days23y, 279d
2022 Japanese F1 Grand Prix2022 JPN F1 GP 23 years, 132 days23y, 132d2023 Bahrain F1 Grand Prix2023 BHR F1 GP 23 years, 279 days23y, 279dPoints finish2022 Bahrain F1 Grand Prix2022 BHR F1 GP 22 years, 294 days22y, 294d
2024 Qatar F1 Grand Prix2024 QAT F1 GP 25 years, 185 days25y, 185d
2022 Bahrain F1 Grand Prix2022 BHR F1 GP 22 years, 294 days22y, 294d2024 Qatar F1 Grand Prix2024 QAT F1 GP 25 years, 185 days25y, 185dF1 Career Finishing Positions
8th
2
9th
3
10th
2
11th
3
12th
5
13th
10
14th
7
15th
7
16th
10
17th
2
18th
3
19th
2
20th
1
DNF
11
DNF Did Not Finish
Performance Breakdown
Bio
Guanyu Zhou Biography
Guanyu Zhou testing the Alfa Romeo on the first day of testing in Bahrain
Shanghai-born Zhou began karting at the age of eight and, aged 12, having exhausted the national competition, left China for Sheffield, UK, to compete for Strawberry Racing, where he won both the Super 1 National Rotax Max Junior Championship and Rotax Max Euro Challenge.
Mid-2014, aged 15, Zhou joined the Ferrari Driver Academy after being spotted by the Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 Team. In 2015, Zhou relocated to Italy to race for Prema Powerteam, contesting the Italian Formula 4 Championship and finishing his first season as Vice-Champion and Best Rookie.
A move to Team Motopark in 2016 to compete in the FIA Formula European Formula 3 Championship marked the start of a three-year stint in the series, which saw him make his return to Prema in 2017, where he stayed for a further season.
At the end of 2018, Zhou left the Ferrari Driver Academy and was awarded the role of Development Driver for the Renault Formula One Team as part of their Renault Sport Academy driver program, now the Alpine Academy.
BAKU CITY CIRCUIT, AZERBAIJAN - JUNE 10: Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo C42. (Photo by Carl Bingham / LAT Images)
2019 saw Zhou make his FIA Formula 2 Championship debut and a welcome return to the UK with a British team, UNI-Virtuosi Racing, where he finished seventh in his first season, taking the Anthoine Hubert Award for the Highest-Finishing Rookie.
Having shown his dedication, commitment, and talent, in 2020 he was promoted to official Test Driver for Alpine F1 Team. No stranger to breaking the mold, Zhou’s role as a Test Driver makes him the first driver from China to occupy a Formula 1 role within a manufacturer team.
After leading the FIA Formula 2 Championship for UNI-Virtuosi Racing, 22-year-old Zhou made his Formula 1 race weekend debut at the 2021 Austrian Formula 1 Grand Prix on Friday 2nd July for Alpine, taking to the wheel of Fernando Alonso’s A521 for the first Free Practice session.
On 16 November 2021, Alfa Romeo announced Zhou would be making his Formula 1 debut in 2022 as Valtteri Bottas' teammate and Antonio Giovinazzi's replacement.
Debut F1 season with points in the first race
In his first F1 race, Zhou started 15th and finished the race in 10th place, scoring a point in his debut race with Alfa Romeo.
Then, Zhou finished 11th in consecutive races, in Saudi Arabia and Australia with adequate performances.
Photo Florent Gooden / DPPI
In the 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Zho qualified six-tenths ahead of his experienced teammate (and great driver on Saturdays) Valtteri Bottas.
Then, he repeated the feat in the 2022 Canadian Grand Prix (he went through Q3 and Bottas didn't, and the difference between the two in Q2 was six-tenths). He went on to finish the race in eighth place, the best result of his F1 career so far.
On 3 July 2022, Zhou suffered a heavy crash at the start of the 2022 British Grand Prix in which his Alfa Romeo car flipped over, and the roll bar failed. The crash looked terrifying, but fortunately, Zhou was fine and was able to race seven days later at the 2022 Austrian GP.
In the rest of the season, Zhou scored one point with 10th place in the 2022 Italian Grand Prix. Although he scored six points, as opposed to his teammate's 49, Zhou did well enough to be announced as a driver for 2023, as the team published on 27 September 2022.
Zhou also outqualified Bottas throughout the year and looked quite good in the campaign's second half.
Zhou's second Formula 1 campaign looked exactly like the first one, with six points scored in 22 Grands Prix. However, his performance as a sophomore was noticeably better than in his rookie year, but the Alfa Romeo car didn't allow him to show it on the stat sheet.
The Chinese driver scored six of the team's 49 points in 2022, but he scored six of the squad's 16 points in 2023, showing that he performed closer to his teammate Valtteri Bottas' level.
The best result for Zhou in the 2023 Formula 1 World Championship season was ninth, which he achieved in three events (Australia, Spain, and Qatar).
Official Guanyu Zhou website: https://www.zhou-guanyu.com
Helmets
Guanyu Zhou Helmets
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- 2022 Helmet Guanyu Zhou
Cars
Guanyu Zhou F1 Cars
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- Guanyu Zhou (CHI), Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN C42, action during the Formula 1 pre-season testing prior the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship, on the Bahrain International Circuit, from March 10 to 12, 2022 in Sakhir, Bahrain – Photo Diederik Van Ver Laan / DPPI
Seasons
Guanyu Zhou Championship Results
Guanyu Zhou F1 Seasons Summary
| Year | Team | Engine | GP | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pod | Pole | Laps | FL | Avg Pts | Points |
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| 2024 |
 Sauber |
 Ferrari | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1346 | 0 | 0.17 | 4 |
| 2023 |
Alfa Romeo |
Ferrari | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1244 | 1 | 0.27 | 6 |
| 2022 |
Alfa Romeo |
Ferrari | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1061 | 1 | 0.27 | 6 |
Races
Podiums
Poles
Teammates
News
Latest Guanyu Zhou News
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Zhou Guanyu — Frequently Asked Questions
When did Zhou Guanyu start racing in Formula 1?
Zhou Guanyu started racing in Formula 1 in 2022.
Is Zhou Guanyu still racing in Formula 1?
No, Zhou Guanyu last competed in Formula 1 in 2024.
What nationality is Zhou Guanyu?
Zhou Guanyu is Chinese.
Which teams has Zhou Guanyu driven for in Formula 1?
Zhou Guanyu has driven for Alfa Romeo and Sauber in Formula 1.
How many F1 races has Zhou Guanyu entered?
Zhou Guanyu has competed in 68 Formula 1 Grands Prix.
