According to the Renault team, Zhou Guanyu officially joined the Renault sports academy in January and became the development driver of the Renault F1 team, he will participate in the research and development of driving simulators and racing cars at Enston base in Renault.
Xinhua News Agency, London, February 13 (Reporter Liang Xizhi) Renault F1 team announced a detailed plan for the 2019 Formula One world championship at its British base on the 12th. Zhou Guanyu, the star of hope for Chinese racing, attended the press conference with the star drivers of the team, becoming the first person in mainland China to win the seat of the F1 manufacturer’s team development driver, and will compete in F2 this year.
According to the Renault team, Zhou Guanyu officially joined the Renault sports academy in January and became the development driver of the Renault F1 team, he will participate in the research and development of driving simulators and racing cars at Enston base in Renault.
Zhou Guanyu was born in Shanghai in May 1999 and is one of the most promising young drivers in China. Before joining the Renault team, he had participated in the past three seasons of the AAA F3 European Championship, ranking 13th in the first season and eighth in the 2017 and 2018 seasons. Last season, he won the championship twice in pocheng and Hockenheim and won the podium six times in the whole season.
Zhou Guanyu said in an interview that he was looking forward to starting a new journey in Renault as soon as possible. Renault has high expectations for F1 team and sports academy, which is a great incentive for him. F2 is the next goal of his career. The competition is fierce and he needs to learn a lot in a short time. “I have been training hard this winter, and the three-day Test in Abu Dhabi has benefited me a lot. I look forward to Renault’s help and valuable suggestions this season, because my goal is success and trophy.”
Zhou Guanyu said that he would take part in the F1 test this year, hoping to feel the event more closely. He will try his best to get the points of Super driver’s license through various competitions. After getting the Super driver’s license, he will compete with other rookie drivers and win the F1 official driver seat, I hope to enter the F1 official competition within two to three years.
Fulan, chairman of the Asia-Pacific region of Renault Group, said: “China is an important market of Renault Group, so it is a pleasant thing for Renault to sign the best young racing driver in China, because it will help to enhance Renault’s brand awareness in China, and it is also a powerful evidence of Renault’s implementation of the strategy of” in China, for China. We believe that this will vigorously promote the development of Chinese racing.”
Renault has achieved leap-forward progress for three consecutive seasons since he returned to the stadium in 2016 and won the fourth place in last year’s F1 team championship. The team hopes to achieve better results this year.