Formula One: Zhou plans more aggressive third season, targets ambitious approach with Stake F1
- China’s only F1 driver says he wants to have strong season with plenty of his rivals on the market next year
- Swiss-based Sauber competed as Alfa Romeo last season and finished ninth of the 10 teams
Zhou Guanyu is planning a more aggressive approach to his third season in Formula One with the Sauber-run team now known as Stake.
China’s first and only F1 driver said it was time to be more ambitious and apply the lessons learned in his first two campaigns.
Sauber are competing as Stake F1 in 2024 and 2025 before transforming into the factory Audi team, with plenty of drivers eager to join and Zhou’s future uncertain.
“I think this is a year where I really want to change a little bit the way I approach, be a bit more aggressive, try and be a bit more ambitious just in general,” he told Reuters at the team’s livery launch.
“A lot of drivers are going to be out of contract so there will be a massive changing around in the driver market … I want to make sure I have a very strong season for my own future in Formula One.
“I was like a rookie the first year, second year I didn’t want to take high risks, I wanted to make sure I made fewer mistakes because you see drivers when they do mistakes they stay for less than two years and they are out,” he added.
