11月16日,阿爾法•羅密歐F1車隊(duì)官宣,中國車手周冠宇成為下賽季為車隊(duì)效力的正式車手。22歲的周冠宇因此創(chuàng)造歷史,成為中國首位F1正式車手。2022賽季的F1大獎(jiǎng)賽首場(chǎng)比賽定于3月20日在巴林薩基爾賽道舉行,與周冠宇搭檔的是來自芬蘭的32歲車手瓦爾特利•博塔斯。
"Becoming an F1 driver has always been my dream, and I'm really excited to finally fulfill that dream," Zhou told China Daily in an exclusive interview. "I'm looking forward to the opening race of the next F1 season. And I will learn from my teammate, Valtteri Bottas, who is a very experienced driver."
周冠宇在接受《中國日?qǐng)?bào)》獨(dú)家采訪時(shí)說:"成為F1車手一直是我的夢(mèng)想,如今夢(mèng)想成真,內(nèi)心非常激動(dòng)。我很期待F1新賽季的首場(chǎng)比賽。在新賽季也向我的隊(duì)友、很有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的博塔斯多多學(xué)習(xí)。"