Chinese is 1:40 behind Baku
Zhou under pressure – is his job in jeopardy yet?
Alfa-Sauber fans aren’t the only ones hoping that GP newcomer Guanyu Zhou (23) will finally get the hang of it at the 8th World Championship round in Baku. Team boss Vasseur is also putting pressure on: “We finally have to get back into the points with both cars!”
Published: 09.06.2022 at 16:58
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Updated: 06/09/2022 at 21:59
And you have to take the words of the very dedicated Frenchman seriously. Especially in qualifying, the Chinese leaves far too much of his potential, which is sure to be there. And no team can afford a one-man show! Especially on a car as competitive as the C42.
Weak Zhou on Saturday
After his maiden point in Bahrain, Zhou lacked the necessary luck with two eleventh places. But then it went down steeply because on Sunday he was never able to make up for his poor qualifying results from the day before.
The pilot from Shanghai is apparently free of pain. Also once morest the increasing criticism. He says: “I’m not worried regarding my future!” But he should, because homegrown Théo Pourchaire (19), second overall in Formula 2, is ready. And the 1:40 deficit on points compared to Valtteri Bottas (32) is not a cushion.
Through Baku at 378 km/h
The Finn continues to flutter the flag in the wind in Hinwil. It belongs to the five winners of five races in Azerbaijan in 2019. Once he burst a tire just before the end in the lead, once he had to let Hamilton past – it was the only “official” stable order in five Mercedes years!
And at the first race in 2016, Bottas in the Williams-Mercedes set a record at 378 km/h on the straight that will officially never be equaled in Formula 1.
The tightest corner in Formula 1
The 6,003 meter long street circuit packs a punch. In the old town, the left-right combination, which is barely eight meters wide, is the narrowest Formula 1 spot of the year – a safe place for crash photographers! So Schumi has been warned…
Once the cars meet like on a freeway. A total of 68 times must be switched – more than anywhere else. Luckily only with a seesaw! The 2.2 km long flat-out passage between curves 16 and 1 (also a record) is a second-long recovery phase.
