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F1: China’s Zhou Guanyu ‘hurt’ after narrow top-10 miss at Australian Grand Prix; declares ‘I definitely want points next time’
- The 22-year-old Alfa Romeo driver finishes P11 after pit stop and safety car struggles, as teammate Bottas collects 4 points
- ‘It gives me a lot of confidence going into the European circuits, where I know the track much more’, says Zhou
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Rookie Zhou Guanyu agonisingly missed out on a points finish in his Australian Grand Prix debut in Melbourne on Sunday.
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The 22-year-old Alfa Romeo driver finished P11 for the second consecutive race and will be upset not to add to his point from the Bahrain season-opener but goes into the European legs extremely confident.
Zhou may have squeezed into the top 10 had he not dropped places in the pits before 10th-placed Alex Albon of Williams – who was last at one point in the race – was helped by a fortunately timed safety car.
“Again, missed by one position. It hurts,” the Shanghai native said.
“But looking at my opening three races, my worst position has been P11 so I consider that already quite a lot of improvement.
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