As he prepares to become the first Chinese driver to race in his home grand prix, Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu explains the impact of Formula 1’s return to the country. In an exclusive interview with CGTN Europe, Zhou describes the moment he signed his first F1 contract and the reaction he gets when he flies home to China from his growing fan base. Filmed at the Sauber headquarters in the Swiss Alps, Zhou takes a ride with Correspondent Johannes Pleschberger to talk about his life inside the sport.
Category: Interviews
In our latest Deep Dive episode, Geoff Willis – our Director of Commercial Engineering – explores the top of why F1 matters, discussing road car relevance, problem solving, challenging each other and how we use data to learn and improve.
It’s official! Valtteri Bottas will replace Nico Rosberg at the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team. We spoke to him during his first day at the factory. Here’s to many more interviews in 2017!
Felipe Massa discusses the reasons behind his return to Williams and what 2017 has in store for him and the team.
On his first day in his new job we put your questions to Valtteri Bottas!
The 2016 Formula One World Drivers’ Champion Nico Rosberg talks about his emotional year, the path to achieving his childhood dream and how he kept his focus in the decisive Abu Dhabi GP.
“I like this circuit” says Kimi about Yas Marina. “It has a quite slow last part of the lap but has a great atmosphere as it is the last race of the year. So, obviously it’s a slightly different feeling and it’s in the evening. The lights are very good. Sometimes it can be not that easy with the lights but the driving conditions are not difficult to get the visual right.”
Is the Formula One of today the same as it was a decade ago? And what is in it for the pilots themselves? In today’s show we have not one but two special guests. Bernie Ecclestone, the head of Formula One talks with Sophie Shevardnadze.
“I love racing. I think that’s what I was born to do.” says Felipe Nasr. Brazilian, cosmopolitan and race driver by heart. We met Felipe in London, where he’s been living for five years, during a photo shooting for an international fashion magazine.
See a very personal side of Felipe, speaking about the pressure and responsiblity of being a Brazilian in Formula One and about making his dream come true.
1996 World Champion, Damon Hill, talks about his first Formula 1® Australian Grand Prix experience.
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