[Taiwan News]In addition to the fiercely fighting Red Bull and Ferrari in the F1 Bahrain Station, the competition of the midstream teams is also extremely exciting. The first Chinese driver in history, Alfa Romeo from Shanghai, represented Zhou Guanyu in the 10th place and scored 1 point in his debut, setting a milestone for the Chinese car world. In addition, Danish driver McNuchen broke the scoring drought of 28 games across the season with fifth place for the Haas team, which can be described as a big surprise at this station.
Zhou Guanyu, who started 15th in the opening race, was behind the last paragraph in the early days, but then surpassed many drivers to rise to 13th. Benefiting from the innovation of Ferrari’s engine, Alfa Romeo also has the potential to advance from the lower to the middle this season, in which he fought 7-time world champion Hamilton on lap 12, in which Hamilton (Lewis Hamilton) just changed to white tires. , because the tires did not reach the working temperature, resulting in a mistake when exiting the corner, and Zhou Guanyu behind him immediately overtakes.
Later, Hamilton succeeded in overtaking, and the next three AlphaTauri and Red Bull drivers retired at the end of the race, making Zhou Guanyu “break the fast” in the first race of his F1 career. At the moment of crossing the line, he said to the team via radio: “I really can’t believe it, thank you everyone!” After the race, he was moved to tears and said frankly: “It’s incredible, it’s hard to express my inner feelings in words now, because I grew up as a child. My dream is to become an F1 driver, and then I can make my debut from qualifying to Q2, and now I have my first point in the race. For me, it is not only a dream to show my strongest strength, but also a right A great affirmation of myself.”
Zhou Guanyu was signed by Alfa Romeo in November last year. It is rumored that one of the reasons for the signing is the huge sponsorship he brought, which has attracted questions from the outside world. He also responded in particular following the race: “Because this winter, including last year when I made an official announcement, there were too many voices… Then for me, I felt that I deserved to be in the whole F1 family. )… I did it and showed all my skills, so I was very happy. Then I was very excited and proud to represent my hometown, Shanghai.”
McNuchen’s return to Haas breaks scoring record
Not scoring 1 point in 28 cross-season games has become a nightmare for the American team Haas. Danish driver Kevin Magnussan was also ordered to replace Nikita Mazepin in the first week of the season, but his performance did not seem to have gone through a one-year window, starting in seventh place. He finally crossed the line in 5th place at the Bahrain Station, which became a big surprise at this station. The 29-year-old McNuchen participated in the IndyCar and IMSA series in the United States during his departure from the team, and joined his father in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He also gave birth to a daughter with his wife off the field.
This time, McNurchen regained the points for Haas following the 2020 German Grand Prix, and it was the first time since the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix to finish in the top five. After the race, he said: “The race process is ever-changing, I really don’t know what to say. We have a good racing car, and the pace of the race is well controlled. We were also overtaken by several drivers, and I felt a bit of a dilemma.” He continued: “Even though we were forced to pit early to change tires, we still used a successful strategy to continue the subsequent races, giving us a chance to meet good luck, I’m very much looking forward to our next play space.”
The second round of this season’s F1 will be the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix from Friday (25th).
F1 Saudi Arabia Race Schedule (Hong Kong Time)
March 25
22:00-23:00 Practice Match 1
March 26
0100-0200 Practice 2
2200-2300 Practice 3
March 27
01:00-02:00 Qualifying
March 28
01:00-03:00 Race
This article is by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[F1 Bahrain Station]Zhou Guanyu’s first battle with “Iftar” makes history and hopes to respond to the voice of doubt with strength」
