Original title: F1 Bahrain Station Leclerc won the championship, Zhou Guanyu ranked 10th and made history
In the Bahrain Grand Prix of the 2022 World Formula One Championship (F1) held on the 20th, the Ferrari team took the top two to become the biggest winners, and the Monaco driver Leclerc took the lead from the pole position and won the championship. The Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu of the Alfa Romeo Racing Team, who participated for the first time, finally finished 10th and scored his first career points.
On March 20, the Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu of the Alfa Romeo team drove the car in the race. Xinhua News Agency (Photo courtesy of Alfa Romeo Team)
Zhou Guanyu started the race in 15th place, overtook the previous car many times and finally finished in 10th place. He scored points in the first race of his career, creating the history of Chinese drivers in F1 races. Zhou Guanyu said after the race that his biggest dream is to become an F1 driver and get points, and the realization of his dream makes him very happy.
Zhou Guanyu said: “The race was tense. I had a problem in the first corner, but then I realised I had to try my best to get into the top 10. Today will be an unforgettable moment, I enjoyed it. But we’ll be focusing on Jeddah soon. We want to win more races.”
On March 20, the Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu (middle) of the Alfa Romeo team communicated with the team staff. Xinhua News Agency (Photo courtesy of Alfa Romeo Team)
In the qualifying race held the day before, the two cars of the Ferrari team showed their strong strength, Leclerc and Sainz scored first and third respectively, Verstappen and Perez of the Red Bull team were grabbed the second and fourth positions respectively.
After the start of the race on the 20th, Leclerc and Verstappen fought together. Before the first pit stop, the top spot changed several times between the two, but after the second pit stop, Leclerc remained firmly in the first place until he finally won the championship. Verstappen withdrew from the race on lap 55 due to a car failure. Another Ferrari driver Sainz won the runner-up, and Mercedes driver Hamilton won the third. (Reporter Hu Guanwang Haizhou)