Won the 11th place in F1 Australia Station, Zhou Guanyu surpassed the idol to fulfill his wishFly into the homes of ordinary people
For the second consecutive Grand Prix, Zhou Guanyu finished the race closest to the points. In the 2022 Australian Grand Prix of the F1 season that ended this afternoon, the Shanghai guy driving the Alfa Romeo car made no obvious mistakes in the whole race, and finally crossed the finish line 11th, and successfully completed the race in his first three F1 races. At the same time, in this game, Zhou Guanyu also fulfilled his wish.
Caption:Zhou GuanyuParticipate in qualifying Xinhua News Agency
After the Saudi Grand Prix ended two weeks ago, Zhou Guanyu and the team returned to the team’s station non-stop to prepare for the Australian Grand Prix. After arriving in Melbourne with the team, Zhou Guanyu revealed his wish in the field in an interview: to avoid triggering the car’s automatic anti-shutdown system after starting, and to fight head-to-head with strong players such as Alonso and Hamilton in the game.
In an interview with his partner Jiushi Sports, Zhou Guanyu revealed that in the first two races, he accidentally triggered the flameout prevention device at the first corner, which affected his ranking. After arriving in Melbourne, he and the team focused on this. aspects of training. After starting 14th today, Zhou Guanyu did not make the previous mistakes again. His car showed good competitiveness, and he also gained a certain advantage in the head-to-head confrontation with Mick Schumacher, Stroll and others. After two races of adaptation, the first official F1 driver in China is becoming more and more adaptable to the characteristics of the car and the rhythm of the race.
With the guarantee of stable technical output, the advantages of Zhou Guanyu and Alfa Romeo in the long distance became more and more obvious in the second half of the Australian Grand Prix. At the end of the game, “China Week”, who used a white tire, chased behind his idol Alonso. Although the Spanish veteran had an advantage in tires, Zhou Guanyu still took advantage of his tail speed to surpass his idol on the starting straight, and realized his second wish made before the race, and then he surpassed Stroll. , boosted the ranking to 11th. It’s a pity that Zhou Guanyu failed to “kill” Albon, who didn’t complete his first pit stop until the last lap to change tires, passing by a precious point.
“It’s still a pity, (the distance to the points) is just a little bit short.” After finishing the race, Zhou Guanyu wrote on his personal social platform: “In the last few laps of the race, I took out all my energy.” Although the result was not very good It’s satisfying, but for the Chinese driver who is competing in F1 for the first time, he brought the car back in the first three races without incident and scored points in the first race. With more expectations. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Lu Weixin)
