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Why did Zhou become a racing driver? Because he liked cartoons!

Guanyu Zhou is the only rookie in the Formula 1 field next season. Undoubtedly he will be under a lot of pressure as a driver for Alfa Romeo. Not only because people want to see if he deserves a seat in Formula 1, but especially because he will be the first driver from China ever at the start of a Grand Prix. Special way Zhou is living proof that anything is possible, even becoming a Formula 1 driver when you come from a country without a rich motor racing history. That he came in contact with car racing, happened in a special way, he tells Corriere dello Sport. The young Zhou often watched cartoons with cars in it. And he also wanted to drive a car. At the age of seven that was a bit too...
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