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It is a privilege for me to start my Formula 1 career with an iconic team, a team that has introduced so much young talent into Formula 1 in the past. Speaking after the announcement Zhou said: вЂњI dreamt from a young age of climbing as high as I can in a sport that I am passionate about and now the dream has come true.

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The Italian Ferrari junior driver had been racing for the rebadged Sauber team for the last three seasons. The new confirms that current driver Antonio Giovinazzi will not return to the team for the 2022 season. The move means that Alfa Romeo will continue to match an experienced racer with one from the junior ranks, with Zhou set to race alongside Mercedes refugee and ten-time F1 race winner Valtteri Bottas in 2022. The 22-year-old, who remains in contention for the 2021 F2 title, has tested F1 cars before, after coming up through the ranks as a Renault and then Alpine junior driver. Updated Tuesday 16th November 9.25am: Alfa Romeo has confirmed that Guanyou Zhou will become the first Chinese driver to race in Formula 1 when he joins the team for the 2022 season. While neither Sauber or Aston Martin has technically confirmed an engine for next season, it would be astonishing if there was a change from Ferrari and Mercedes respectively. Alfa Romeo also renewed its headline sponsorship deal with Sauber, meaning the team will remain on the F1 grid in 2022. The Japanese auto giant is quitting F1 (again) after 2021 and Red Bull will be taking the production of engines in house, after agreeing to take on the programme and recruiting a new division (mostly from Mercedes). The only major change expected for 2022 then will be Red Bull switching from Honda power to. Panthera Team Asia had announced that it was to join the F1 grid in 2021, and then delayed it to 2022, but there is literally no information available on them now (other than a small mention on Wikipedia) so weвЂ™re happy to say they wonвЂ™t be arriving. The grid has been relatively stable for several years now, with no new teams joining since Haas and no teams leaving since Caterham and Marussia departed. Vettel is now the ninth F1 driver to test positive for Covid-19 and his test comes just a week after Daniel Ricciardo missed the entire pre-season test after a positive test.

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Hulkenberg will race for Aston Martin and in Formula 1 for the first time since 2020, when he filled in for both Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll when the then Racing Point drivers tested positive. Nico Hulkenberg will return to Formula 1 for first time in two years to fill in for Sebastian Vettel after the four-time World Champion tested positive for Covid-19. Update: Hulkenberg replaces Vettel at Bahrain

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To help he flew from Bahrain to the UK in mid-week to use Aston MartinвЂ™s simulator and familiarise himself with the high-speed Jeddah Corniche circuit. While Hulkenberg will be more prepared to drive the Aston Martin AMR22 than his outing in Bahrain, before which he had never driven the car, this will be the first time heвЂ™s subbed during the Covid era at a circuit he has never driven before. The four-time F1 champion missed the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix after testing positive for Covid-19 and will now miss the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after failing to recover fully in time. Nico Hulkenberg will again replace Sebastian Vettel racing for Aston Martin in Formula 1.

In the final standings, Hamilton scores 363 points, to Vettel's 317, Bottas' 305, RГ¤ikkГ¶nen's 205, and Ricciardo's 200.Update: Hulkenberg to stand in for Vettel in Jeddah As Ricciardo' Red Bull car stopped with steering problems, Ferrari's RГ¤ikkГ¶nen fourth place finish put him ahead of the Australian by a narrow 5 points. Indeed, in spite of Bottas' great performance, that did not happen. Behind the British, given the 22 points lead of Ferrari's Vettel upon Mercedes' Bottas, it was highly unlike that Vettel would miss the second step of the podium. Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton started the race already wearing the champion's crown. The 2017 season's last F1 race in Abu Dhabi could not alter significantly the drivers' hierarchy.

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