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Racing young gun Zhou Guanyu has made motor racing history after being named China's first Formula One driver. 赛车小将周冠宇被评为中国首位世界一级方程式锦标赛（Formula One，以下简称F1）赛车手，书写了赛车历史。
Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN announced on Tuesday the 22-year-old will join their team for the 2022 season, with the opening race scheduled for the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain on March 20. 阿尔法-罗密欧ORLEN车队周二宣布，这位22岁的车手将加入他们的队伍并参加2022赛季。首场比赛定于3月20日在巴林的萨基尔赛道举行。 Zhou's teammate at Alfa Romeo will be Finnish racing veteran Valtteri Bottas, 32, who currently drives for Mercedes-AMG Petronas alongside seven-time world F1 champion Briton Lewis Hamilton. 在阿尔法-罗密欧车队，周冠宇将搭档32岁的芬兰赛车老将瓦尔特利·博塔斯（Valtteri Bottas）。目前，博塔斯正与七次卫冕F1世界冠军的英国车手刘易斯·汉密尔顿（Lewis Hamilton）一同为梅赛德斯-AMG马石油车队效力。 "Becoming an F1 driver has always been my dream, and I'm really excited to finally fulfill my dream. I want to thank all my fans who have been following my races and supporting me," Zhou told China Daily in an exclusive interview. “成为一名F1车手一直是我的梦想，我终于实现了我的梦想，我觉得很激动。我想感谢所有一直关注我的比赛并支持我的车迷，”周冠宇在接受《中国日报》专访时说。 "I'm looking forward to the opening race of the next F1 season. Until then, I will continue to comprehensively improve. And I will learn from my teammate, Valtteri Bottas, who is a very experienced driver. I hope you can always support me and follow my first F1 season." “我非常期待下一个F1赛季的首场比赛。在那之前，我将继续全面提高自己。我会向我的搭档瓦尔特利·博塔斯学习，他是一位经验丰富的车手。我希望大家能一直支持我，并继续关注我的第一个F1赛季。” Alfa Romeo said they are confident about their team for next season. The sport will undergo major changes next year, with new car design rules introduced, especially in relation to aerodynamics, to encourage closer racing. 阿尔法-罗密欧车队表示，对于下一个赛季，他们对自己的车队信心十足。明年，F1将经历重大变化，引入新的赛车设计规则，特别是在空气动力性能方面从而让比赛变得更加紧凑。
"This combination of youth and experience will be ready to push Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN forward at a time in which the sport embraces a completely new set of regulations and all teams start their quest for glory from scratch," the team's announcement on Tuesday said. “F1将采用一套全新的规定，所有的车队从零开始探求荣耀。在这样一个时期，将小将和老将的组合到一起将推动阿尔法-罗密欧ORLEN车队继续向前发展，”该车队周二的声明说。 "With a complete race driver lineup for 2022, the team is now ready to embark on this new era with confidence." “配备了完整的2022赛季赛车手阵容，车队现已做好准备，将满怀信心地踏入这个新时代。” Frederic Vasseur, Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN's team principal, is also confident Zhou has a promising future in F1, and he hopes Zhou's inclusion will help attract more Chinese fans to follow the team. 车队老板弗雷德里克·瓦瑟（Frederic Vasseur）也充满信心，认为周冠宇在F1将前途光明。他希望周冠宇的加盟将吸引更多中国车迷关注他们的车队。 "It is a pleasure to welcome Zhou Guanyu to Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN. He is a very talented driver, as his results in F2 have shown, and we are looking forward to helping his talent flourish even more in Formula One," Vasseur said. “我很高兴能欢迎周冠宇加入阿尔法-罗密欧ORLEN车队。正如他在F2赛场中所展现出的那样，他是一个天才车手，我们希望能帮他在F1比赛中更好地施展才能，”瓦瑟说。
"We are proud of our lineup for 2022 and we are confident Zhou will form a very successful partnership with Valtteri. We are also looking forward to welcoming all the new Chinese fans who will join the team," he said. “我们为2022年的阵容感到自豪，我们相信周冠宇将与瓦尔特利建立非常成功的搭档关系。我们期待着欢迎所有将加入车队的中国新车迷”他说。 "Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN is a historical brand and one that embodies the spirit of Formula One, and we will do our utmost to make the experience of our sport a great one in China." “阿尔法-罗密欧赛车ORLEN是一个体现了F1精神的历史品牌，我们将全力以赴让F1在中国成为一种精彩的体验。” With 142 points, Zhou currently sits in second place in the F2 championship driving for the UNI-Virtuosi team. He began his third F2 campaign this year by winning the feature race at Bahrain's Sakhir circuit in March. Two months later, Zhou continued that fine form with a sprint race triumph at the iconic Monaco street circuit. 目前，周冠宇代表UNI-Virtuosi车队以142分的成绩在F2锦标赛中排名第二。他在巴林萨基尔赛道大奖赛赢得冠军，开启了他今年在F2锦标赛的第三次征程。两个月后，在标志性的摩纳哥赛道上，他保持了这种良好的状态，赢得了短程赛的胜利。 Zhou has raced in F2 since 2019, when an encouraging seventh-place finish in his rookie season suggested he was a talent to watch. His reputation continued to grow in 2020 with six podium finishes and a breakthrough pole-to-flag sprint race victory in Russia, en route to a sixth-place finish in the overall standings. 自2019年起，周冠宇便开始参加F2比赛。当时，他在新秀赛季中获得令人鼓舞的第七名。这表明，他是一个值得关注的天才。2020年，他曾六次登上领奖台，并在俄罗斯的短程赛中突破性地杆位起步夺冠。这让他在总积分榜上排名第六，名声持续增长。