Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu has opened up on the awful racist abuse he has had to endure in recent years, and how Sir Lewis Hamilton is helping him overcome it. In a high-profile incident, Hamilton was confronted by a group of racist fans during pre-season testing ahead of the 2008 season – the year he
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Alfa Romeo have confirmed that Zhou Guanyu will be remaining with the team next season. The Chinese rookie finished third in the Formula 2 Championship last year, and he flew the Alpine nest to join Alfa Romeo. The 23-year-old signed alongside Valtteri Bottas, who had spent the previous five years racing with Mercedes, winning five
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Alfa Romeo CEO, Jean-Philippe Imperato, has insisted that there are a number of avenues the Italian car maker could go down after they split with Sauber at the end of 2023. Alfa have a rich history in Formula 1, winning the first-ever championship race in Silverstone in 1950 through Giuseppe Farina. The Italian, and then
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Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu has revealed that his future at the Swiss team has not been decided yet as 2023 contract negotiations near crunch time. The young Chinese driver arrived at Alfa Romeo at the start of the season after finishing third in the Formula 2 championship last season, and he has scored points on
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Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas has revealed that he was occasionally overruled by simulation numbers during his time at Mercedes. The Finn joined the eight-time champions alongside Sir Lewis Hamilton in 2017, and he spent five years with them, winning 10 races in the process. He played an integral role in the Silver Arrows’ championship successes,
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Valtteri Bottas is currently “really, really enjoying” his first season away from Mercedes with Alfa Romeo, with the Finnish driver admitting that his new team have a more “human” approach. Bottas replaced 2016 F1 World Champion Nico Rosberg in 2017, after the German shocked the paddock with his immediate retirement following his title glory. There
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Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas is willing to consider racing in other series after his time in Formula 1 is over, but it would need to be something much less time consuming. The Finn started his F1 career in 2013 with Williams, and he went on to race with the British side for another three years
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Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas tends to get recognised when he goes to the United States, but it never seems to be for the right reasons. The Finn was at the United States Grand Prix in 2019 when he got into a lift with some American fans, and when they asked who he was, he told
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Kimi Raikkonen is a man who appeared to prefer action over words whilst in Formula 1, with the ‘Iceman’ having been a driver at the centre of some of the funniest moments in the sport’s recent history. From shouting for his steering wheel at the 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, to revealing that he missed legendary footballer Pele’s 2006 Brazilian
MoreZhou Guanyu performed very well at the recent Italian Grand Prix, to claim a point at Alfa Romeo’s all-important home race. The Chinese driver found himself in a near race-long battle with stand-in Williams driver Nyck de Vries, who sensationally scored points on his Formula 1 debut. The Alfa Romeo driver had a look at
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