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Zhou sponsors willing to pay 30m for Alfa seat – report

A report has claimed that sponsors of Guanyu Zhou would be prepared to give 30million to put the Chinese driver in a seat at Alfa Romeo next season. Spanish sports publication Marca claim that Zhou's backers would pay handsomely to see the 22-year-old make his Formula 1 debut alongside Valtteri Bottas at Alfa, but he faces stiff competition from several drivers for that drive next year – even more so as Ferrari no longer have first refusal on placing one of their junior drivers at the team. Zhou, currently an Alpine junior driver, has impressed in his driving this season. Having won the Formula 3 Asian Championship earlier in the year, he's also running second in the standings in...
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