F1 to unlock new riches with China’s rising star

Zhou: Formula One is basically my life, my world, my dream. As a kid, that was the only dream that I wanted to achieve. — AFP

AT Formula One’s (F1) inaugural Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai in 2004, five-year-old Zhou Guanyu was in the stands cheering on his idol, Spain’s Fernando Alonso.

Now, Zhou is competing against Alonso for Alfa Romeo, after he became China’s first full-time F1 racer last year.