Zhou Guanyu Fan Thread: a little thread to appreciate China's first F1 Star
 

his second year at Alfa Romeo/Sauber, also had his contract renewed for next year



despite being in a lesser car, not bad i guess



now this weekend, thx to Albon getting track limits, making it into Q3



results wise both years, a mixed bag, but tbh he has potential for sure, and not everyone can be like Max Verstappen, Schumi, Hamilton, Alonso honestly


i kinda wanna compare him to Alexander Wurz, whom in his time was also a fairly competitive driver, in lesser teams or Jarno Trulli



in terms of for best asian driver, of course the bar is high due to Takuma Sato, but honestly comparing him to Yuki Tsunoda, i personally find Guanyu better, more reliable and makes a pretty good team with Valtteri

for next year, i kinda am curious if Sauber can return to old strong form, since Sauber back in the day used to have pretty solid cars


and tbh they are back with their own name, until 2026 (when Audi takes over)



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and yes i usually like rooting for the underdog drivers, rather than the favourites in this sport


Ferrari doesn't appeal to me at all currently, Leclerc/Sainz simply aren't a ''team''

Red Bull are too boring for me

Mercedes umm no thank you

McLaren well have potential to go back to a dream duo like Mika/David were now with Lando/Oscar but a long way to go i guess

good luck to China's hero for tonights race, hopefully things go very smoothly

15th, last out of everyone who finished, but anyway he still finished, already something in a tough race, height differences, the heat, when many complained about their brakes and tyres becoming too hot quite easily


finishing is better than DNF for your career i always say

8th in FP1 :clap1: :clap1: