Paddock Magazine sat down for an exclusive interview with Formula One’s first-ever Chinese driver, Guanyu Zhou. The 23-year-old driver made his F1 debut in 2022 after finishing third in last year’s Formula 2 campaign.
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You proved everyone wrong who had doubts over your qualities before joining F1. How could you summarize the F1 journey so far?
Well, it’s been reasonably good. I met the goals the team, and I set before the season. I feel like I was able to show my abilities straight away from race one. On the other hand, I had plenty of DNF’s due to reliability issues at the beginning of the season – which was not pleasant. If I remember well, there were three occasions when I could have scored points if we had better reliability.
All in all, it’s a good starting point. I need to keep scoring points, and let’s see what the future holds. I love the challenge of proving myself, and I must keep working toward my target.