F1: Zhou Guanyu joins Ferrari as reserve driver in 2025
Maranello, Feb. 5 -- China's Zhou Guanyu is to be one of two Ferrari reserve drivers in 2025.
The 25-year-old, who was dropped by Sauber at the end of last season after three years with the Swiss team, joins Italian Antonio Giovinazzi.
Zhou, who was a member of the Ferrari driver academy from 2015 to 2018, will support race drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc, the BBC reported.
Reserve drivers typically do simulator work to assist the race team, including over race weekends as teams work to perfect their car set-up, and perform selected testing duties, including tyre tests.
This week, though, Ferrari are using Hamilton and Leclerc to conduct a tyre test for Pirelli on February 4 and 5 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
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