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Zhou opens up on why Alonso is his favourite driver

Alfa Romeo's Zhou Guanyu is a fully-fledged member of the Fernando Alonso fan club, having become a fan during his childhood. Zhou has spoken out about how he finds it very 'weird' to be racing against Alonso, having become a fan of the Spaniard when he was a child. Zhou made his debut in Formula 1 this year, stepping up from Formula 2, where the veteran Alonso is one of his midfield rivals. The Chinese driver, the first from his country to reach Formula 1, has pictures from his childhood attending the race in Shanghai showing him waving the Alonso flag. The Alfa Romeo driver was even briefly a sort-of teammate of Alonso, with Zhou being part of the Alpine Academy and testing alongside...
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