近日，中国赛车的历史翻开了崭新的一页。

当地时间20日举行的2022赛季世界一级方程式赛车锦标赛(F1)巴林站正赛上，首度参赛的阿尔法罗密欧车队中国车手周冠宇最终获得第10名，取得生涯首个积分，这也是中国车手在F1赛场上获得的首个积分。法拉利车队的勒克莱尔和塞恩斯包揽了正赛前两名。

周冠宇随后发推表示，难以用语言表达内心感受↓

图源：推特@周冠宇 


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When team Ferrari grabbed their first Grand Prix win since 2019 with a one-two finish at the season opener Bahrain GP, Chinese racer Zhou Guanyu also made history at his F1 debut.

The Alfa Romeo rookie finished 10th and gained one point as the first Chinese driver to compete in F1's grand prix. 

此前也有中国车手与F1车队签约，但在F1正赛赛场上，还没有中国车手身影出现，周冠宇此次进入正赛并排名第10，创造了中国车手的历史。

周冠宇的头盔，印着青花瓷的图样，带有明显的中国风格，头盔的正后面，印着一面鲜艳的五星红旗。无数中国赛车手为之奋斗的梦想，在这一刻由周冠宇实现了。


2022F1大奖赛巴林站第3次练习赛及排位赛：周冠宇排位赛首秀获第15 图源：视觉中国

“这一刻永生难忘”

F1巴林大奖赛是新赛季揭幕战，也是一场夜战，赛道全长5.4公里，共有15个弯角，比赛全程57圈。

在上周末进行的巴林站练习赛和排位赛中，周冠宇表现不俗，三次练习赛分别排名第11、第15和第9；在排位赛Q1中，生涯首次参加排位赛的周冠宇就以第14名晋级Q2；进入Q2后，周冠宇在第一个计时圈跑出1分33秒543，最终排名第15位，这也是他正赛的出发位置。而他之所以选择24号车号是为了向自己的偶像科比致敬。


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The 22-year-old racer lined up 15th in the qualifying session and finished 11th, 15th, and 9th in three practices, respectively.

The race No. 24 chosen by Zhou was a tribute to the late basketball legend Kobe Bryant. After 57 laps of the race, Zhou was thrilled and hugged staff members to acknowledge the team efforts.

周冠宇在赛后表示，自己最大的梦想就是成为一名F1车手并取得积分，梦想实现令他非常快乐。“比赛很紧张。我在第一个弯道出现了问题，但我随后意识到必须尽力进入前十名。今天将令我永生难忘，我很享受这一刻。”


3月20日，阿尔法罗密欧车队中国车手周冠宇（中）与车队工作人员交流。图源：新华社 王海洲 摄

"My biggest dream was to race in F1, then to score points and tonight we did both: being on the grid before the race, with the other 19 drivers, was crazy enough, but the race itself was so intense. It wasn't so physically, but rather mentally: I had an issue at the start, the car went into anti-stall at turn one and then I knew I would have to do something special to recover to the top 10," he continued.

"It is a day I will never forget and I will enjoy the moment for a while, " he said.

从“卡丁车”到“方程式”

周冠宇1999年出生于上海，8岁开始接触卡丁车，10岁便赢得中国全国锦标赛分站赛冠军。2010年，11岁的周冠宇前往英国训练，开始参加欧洲卡丁车比赛；14岁时加盟法拉利车手学院，正式开启方程式车手生涯。

Born in 1999, Zhou has had a talent and passion for auto racing almost since birth. After only two years of practice, he won all eight stops of the Chinese national go-karting championship at age 10.

Having departed for Britain when he was 11, Zhou continued to dominate European go-karting competitions until the Ferrari Driver Academy reached out to him and brought him to the F1 world.

3月20日，阿尔法罗密欧车队中国车手周冠宇驾驶赛车在比赛中。图源：新华社 王海洲 摄

此后，从F4、F3、F2再到如今成为F1的正赛车手，周冠宇一路都在“打怪升级”。2021赛季F2锦标赛中，周冠宇收获4次冠军、9次登上领奖台，成功签约阿尔法-罗密欧车队。

Four wins and a further five podiums in 2021 convinced Alfa Romeo Team Principal Fred Vasseur to sign Zhou for 2022 as part of a new-look line-up alongside ex-Mercedes racer Valtteri Bottas.

F1锦标赛赛程紧密，本赛季第二站将转至沙特进行，北京时间3月27日凌晨进行排位赛，3月28日凌晨将展开正赛角逐。

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