On March 20, local time, Sakir, Bahrain, the 2022 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix race, the first Chinese driver in F1 to participate in the race, Zhou Guanyu, represented the Alfa Romeo team, and finally ranked 10th. He won the first race of his F1 career. to 1 point.

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  Chinanews client, Beijing, March 23 (Wang Hao) This past weekend, Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu, who made his F1 career debut at the Bahrain Station, is a well-deserved top class.

He started in 15th, and finally finished in 10th place, earning points on his debut.

  During the race, Zhou Guanyu not only finished the race calmly, but also gave many wonderful overtaking performances.

  As a Chinese driver who made his debut in the F1 race, Zhou Guanyu naturally won many praises from Chinese fans.

In fact, not only that, his performance has also conquered many foreign netizens.

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  Under Zhou Guanyu's personal social account, his teammates and other colleagues congratulated him one after another.

For example, "big brother" Bottas, who also played for the Alfa Romeo team with him, left a message "Good job dude!" and Zhou Guanyu replied: "The power of the team!"

  Foreign netizens also praised Zhou Guanyu's performance.

Fans are not only satisfied with his debut, but are also looking forward to the rest of the races that follow.

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  Among the congratulations, there was one comment in particular:

You proved the "spotters" wrong.

It seems that there is some "story" before, what is going on here?

  It turned out that when Alfa Romeo officially announced Zhou Guanyu as the team's F1 driver last year, some foreign netizens expressed their confusion.

Some people questioned his ability to play, and some even attacked him personally.

Obviously, "keyboard warriors" can be seen everywhere in the online world.

  Among them, some foreign netizens called him "pay driver", which literally translates to "paid driver".

In a highly commercialized sporting event like F1, some drivers will bring their own funds to enter the stadium to gain the opportunity to race.

  These people believe that Zhou Guanyu's entry into F1 is all because of his Chinese sponsors and the Chinese market.

After completing the first F1 race, Zhou Guanyu also admitted in an interview that since he joined the Alfa Romeo team last year, there have been too many voices.

It can be seen that Zhou Guanyu has been under a lot of pressure in recent months.

On March 20, local time, Sakir, Bahrain, the 2022 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix race, the first Chinese driver in F1 to participate in the race, Zhou Guanyu, represented the Alfa Romeo team, and finally ranked 10th. He won the first race of his F1 career. to 1 point.

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  However, he entered the top 10 and scored points in his first show. Zhou Guanyu's performance slapped those "keyboard warriors" in the face, and he proved that he is fully capable of standing in F1.

  Therefore, while some netizens congratulated Zhou Guanyu, they also admitted that they had seen it wrong, and now they are convinced by his performance on the field.

Social media screenshots.

Social media screenshots.

  From the beginning of the F2 race, Mick Schumacher, the son of the car king Schumacher, has been Zhou Guanyu's main competitor.

Mick entered F1 last season and is already a "second year student" this year.

In the Bahrain race, Zhou Guanyu surpassed Mick in the last few laps and had a chance to enter the top 10.

Some netizens said that his performance was better than Mick.

  Some netizens compared Zhou Guanyu's public opinion environment before and after the game, which reminded the national football team in the recent whirlpool of public opinion, saying: Respect is earned by strength!

  Of course, the new F1 season has just started, and every race that follows is a new challenge for Zhou Guanyu.

Therefore, while praising Zhou Guanyu, some netizens also said that he is still very young. If there are ups and downs in his performance in the future, I hope the audience can be more tolerant.

  The next stop of Zhou Guanyu's F1 is the Saudi Grand Prix from 25th to 27th Beijing time.

Looking forward to more exciting performances from him!

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