F1: Zhou Guanyu joins Ferrari as reserve driver
F1: Zhou Guanyu joins Ferrari as reserve driver
Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu joined Ferrari as a reserve driver, the Formula 1 team announced on Wednesday.
Zhou, who spent four years in the Ferrari Driver Academy from 2015 to 2018, will now split reserve driver duties with Antonio Giovinazzi for the 2025 season.
Zhou is the first driver from China to compete in Formula 1, racing for Alfa Romeo Racing in the 2022 and 2023 seasons, staying with the team under its Kick Sauber name in 2024. He has taken part in 68 Grands Prix, scored 16 points and twice set the race fastest lap.
The 25-year-old joined the Ferrari Academy in 2015, after he wrapped up his go-karting career.
In his first stint with Ferrari, he competed in Formula 4 and Formula 3. In 2018, he switched to UNI-Virtuosi and made his Formula 2 debut, a category in which he won five times, with 20 podium finishes over three seasons, prior to landing a Formula 1 drive.
