How Zhou Guanyu became an F1 driver

CGTN Europe

Zhou Guanyu will become the first Chinese #F1 driver to start a home Grand Prix when the lights go out in Shanghai this weekend. It’s been a long wait for the  @sauberf1team man and he told CGTN Europe all about his origin story. #chineseGP  #Shanghai

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00:00 How did you get into the sport?

00:02 I mean, I just really loved it since the first ever Grand Prix I watched.

00:06 And I really want to be like one of these drivers back in the days

00:10 who was racing on the circuit in the world fastest and coolest F1 cars.

00:15 So then I started to do a bit more like indoor karting,

00:19 a little bit like a hobby and absolutely loved it the first time I ever tried it.

00:24 I just feel it's so cool the way like you are in fully responsibility of yourself,

00:30 controlling your own car and there's no one else can help you

00:34 when you have the helmet on, you know, when you have an eight minute session.

00:37 You know, it just everything is just, I mean, disturb or everything was just unto yourself,

00:44 what you can do.

00:45 And then, yeah, I just find it super cool.

00:47 I love cars. I love the noise of this crazy engine, the speed.

00:51 So I just really want to start karting or start this career.

00:56 So, yeah, after karting, I was actually pretty good at it.

00:59 And as a kid, like seven years old, I was doing the same lap time as the adults.

01:05 So, yeah, and the manager of that kart circuit quickly introduced me to outdoor track,

01:11 which is more like a professional go kart track with the professional team from Shanghai

01:16 that you bought your own karts and then you're racing Shanghai and China championship.

01:21 That's all started afterwards.

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