The Story So Far of Zhou Guanyu

[@f1alpaca]

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[@paidquartz]

It's so sad that Sauber is ruining the career of both its current drivers who are pretty decent in my opinion. I remember I saw an interview of Max and he mentioned that Zhou's rookie year would have looked so much better and there would have been a lot more discussions about him if he didn't suffer so much mechanical DNF while he was in the points.

[@lring9448]

In my opinion, Zhou just lacks some luck and he definitely deserves an F1 seat. By the way, this year with KICK Saber. Even if MAX were here, it wouldn't help as well.

[@Elaina_Barkhorn]

stable long distance but a little bit weak on quali, Zhou was told to slow down to prevent engine heatup just couple laps after startup for last couple races, very unfortunate, smiliar things happened in 2014 at sauber

[@kwilloniad7447]

This was a really good video. I enjoyed learning about a guy who doesn't get much camera time. Have you thought about doing the other mid/back pack guys? They get little spotlight, but all have interesting back stories.

[@f1alpaca]

Thanks. I've done a few videos on other mid pack guys, you can check them out on my channel. Is there any particular driver you'd like me to cover?

[@ulflonegren4870]

I agree, I've been wondering about Zhou's history as I knew nothing and he doesn't get much coverage. This was very informative. Will be interesting to see if he gets a seat next season and on which team.

[@HestLaw]

he could've finish a podium in f1 if sauber actually made a good car.

[@zeenakal1382]

Sauber: no

[@rayt8247]

Sauber missed calls:999

[@bengh1201]

and Bottas would win a championship

[@digbickpower]

​@@bengh1201 of course bottas better than anyone except ham and max

[@danielatanasov7924]

​@@bengh1201He couldn't even win ut in the fastest car in f1 history. I genuinely don't understand why people seem to think he is a champion level driver, when presented with the right car, he got destroyed by Hamilton.

[@ic3man]

As a Zhou fan, I feel that his weak point is qualifying and having to make up for it in the races (similar to what we’ve seen with Lance Stroll) Zhou is definitely a quick driver and as I said in another comment, I think his best bet is rejoining Alpine but this time as a driver

[@WINNIPEGJETS-ii7cm]

Make this the most liked comment. LETS GO ZHOU!!!

[@Klow_FN]

I don’t know Why there is a link

[@Klow_FN]

There are also many better drivers than Guanyu Slow

[@frozenyogurt6727]

Thank you for making such an informative video. Zhou's career summary is clear and your analysis is on point. Kick Sauber is really suffering this year, more unfortunately, a lot of people only look at standings to rate a driver's ability. P.S. Someone translated and uploaded your video to a Chinese video website. You got 15k views there and increasing, many comments are saying they like your video. The person who uploaded your video did cite your link in the description so they are not making money out of this (that's how it works on that website - if you mark it as not created by yourself, you don't get revenues from it).

[@frozenyogurt6727]

Oh, you still have the rights to take it down that website if you want. I'd give you the link but YT won't let me.

[@f1alpaca]

@@frozenyogurt6727 Thanks for letting me know. I don't mind them using my video. I'm just happy that people are enjoying my video.

[@李x-j7r]

@@f1alpaca now 42K views

[@R4inbowcloud]

Zhou deserves an F1 seat, but his bad luck doesn't gave him a chance to show his ability, like Azerbaijan and Silverstone in 2021, 2022 in Hungary, there are too much unfortunately DNF. It's sad to see that Zhou didn't meet a good car. And 2024 the car is shit and there's no hope of getting any points with useless upgrades and many issues.This is a tough year for Zhou and Bottas,but I believe that Zhou can get a seat in Sauber or Alpine.And ty for making this video, it's very professional and objective, looking forward to more videos from you❤

[@wesleygibson9808]

true dude, decent comment about zhou.

[@elvinchan]

He is the first and only Chinese F1 driver so far. You have to respect that. All three Asian drivers in the 20 only F1 drivers have to be respected.

[@slimanesporter]

He's being ruined by the dam Sauber bruh.

[@f1alpaca]

I hope they fix the car and score some good points in the second half of the season.

[@Formula1FanAddict]

I am Chinese but zhou has to perform good p5 to p20💀 but if sauber actually had a good car he would perform good like get probably p10 or better

[@ic3man]

I hope that Zhou gets the Alpine seat alongside Pierre Gasly even if it’s just a one year deal

[@Riya-ml4yy]

Carlos has confirmed to joining Williams for the 2025 season 😢

[@f1alpaca]

yep

[@shaneclark6993]

What’s he’s online F1 for Zhou Guanyu

[@shaneclark6993]

?????

[@anotheruser9876]

@1:15 Is that Lando??

[@f1alpaca]

Yep

[@macrossMX]

​@@f1alpaca Lando is so tiny, despite being the same age.

[@claricechua3885]

ironically it’s now Lando who is taller (allegedly by 1cm)

[@macrossMX]

@claricechua3885 almost an allegory to his F1 career.

[@nickllewellin217]

Ye

[@shl0394]

He's had some good races but as a mediocre driver ,f1 teams have too many viable options to choose from other than him.

[@nickllewellin217]

1:38 lando Norris on the podium😊😊😊

[@questtech2698]

I like Zhou but bad luck likes him more. is he getting a seat in 2025?

[@f1alpaca]

It's hard to say if he'll get a seat in 2025. I think he should because he has shown many times that he has the potential to perform at a very high level given a competitive package. However, there aren't many seat options left now.

[@fungj4126]

If Sauber didn't take him because of $40 million sponsorship, there won't be any China's F1 driver.

[@f1alpaca]

Maybe. He's pretty decent though

[@jillzhang9890]

2024 is just hard to watch😅Sauber is a joke

[@xXEpicMehXx]

he’s like chinese giovinazzi

[@ItachiGT]

Giovinazzi is way faster than Slow Zhou

[@Spankyy811]

Chinese jesus.

[@analex4044]

so sad Perez spun Zhou in Hungarian GP

[@blackdogzz]

He has performances as solid as Latifi's

[@f1alpaca]

Ayee, come on

[@Elaina_Barkhorn]

Latifi creat WDC for max by crashing but zhou can't

[@Speed_Fr4n33k_simracing]

I strongly disagree, i think zhou didn't deserve to be in f1 especialy for this long, if he gets a drive for '25 it will show how much money matters, let's point out what you said in the video:the stacked grid you said about in 1:49 had 1 f1 driver which means the grid was closer to shit than good, then he had 3 seasons of f3, 3 seasons of f2 which is not good enough for a drive in f1 (drugo won f2 in his 3rd year but didn't get promoted bcs 3 years is too much for a feeder series) got into f1, got TRASHED by bottas in 2022 49 to 6 (ik rookie season but stillbad) then made improvements in 2023 but 2024 has been bad, he is not last in the standings and is ahead of bottas (both are on 0) but he is still not beating him which is why i think he is not good and definetly not underrated

[@kabitasamarsengupta4048]

He is underatted, not much points due to lots of bad luck, give him a good car and he gets wins and podiums, not saying he's championship level but would be a good second driver. This year's saucer has unfortunately ruined him, seemingly draining him. At leat Valterri had much more experience in a dominant car, which looks unlikely for Zhou, who hopefully does well in other series and maybe makes a comeback.

[@ItachiGT]

Slowest Pay driver End of F1 career this season Only remembered for being flipped over and flying into the barriers.

[@apacheheli8753]

Say what u want mate but the car is almost wholly to blame for his lack of performance

[@ItachiGT]

@@apacheheli8753 2024 he is half a second slower than Bottas, every time. Always last

[@T4Hui84D_]

@@ItachiGT Cause they have different upgrade stage

[@ItachiGT]

@@T4Hui84D_ Bullshit excuse, he reverted back to an old chassis because he cannot adapt his driving at all. They have the same upgrades otherwise.

[@T4Hui84D_]

​@@ItachiGT Only Zhou has upgraded all the time and the upgrades were total BS. Bottas didn't get any upgrades until the last race. Zhou requested an old chassis because the "upgrades" slow the car.the old one even has cracks in it

[@ItachiGT]

Last again in Belgium. Not even a good F2 driver. Only bought into F1 with lots of money.

[@ItachiGT]

Hahahaha, farewell Zhou, will not be missed.

[@seanchiu3332]

Hater will alway be a hater. you funny arse.

[@gooninedgin]

He was surely paid by china to make this video 😭 ain no way ya think zhou is actually competent

[@f1alpaca]

Man, I wish I were paid by China. That would have been so much better. Unfortunately, that's not the case. If you know someone who'd pay me to make a video, please let me know. I could really use some money right now.🥲