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Vasseur: Like Verstappen, Zhou comes to F1 with little experience

Guanyu Zhou is already 2022 Formula 1 Rookie of the Year because there are none other than him, as for his lack of experience, Alfa Romeo team boss Frederic Vasseur points out that neither did Max have much (car racing) mileage when he made his debut. Zhou beat some formidable names vying for the seat alongside newcomer, former Mercedes man, 32-yer-old Valtteri Bottas to replace retired Kimi Raikkonen and the 22-year-old Chinese driver as his teammate in place of Antonio Giovinazzi, An interesting combination of experience and youth, which Vasseur acknowledges may have its pitfalls: 'We all know that F1 is a huge challenge. We also have a new car and only three days of testing per driver,...
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