Guanyu Zhou at Ferrari in 2025?

Not retained as a holder at Sauber in 2025, Guanyu-Zhou is looking for an opportunity to bounce back, just like his teammate Valtteri Bottas. The two men, replaced by Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto in the team that will become Audi in 2026, could notably exercise the role of reservist in order to remain in the world of F1. In Hinwil, or elsewhere. The Finn has thus opened the door to a possible return to Mercedes with this status of third driver, behind George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli.

On Zhou's side, his landing point could be in Italy and more precisely on the side of... Maranello. The Italian media Corriere della Sera writes that the 25-year-old Chinese is expected as a reserve at Ferrari next year. This year, this status is shared between Antonio Giovinazzi and Ollie Bearman. The latter being promoted to a regular at Haas Next season, the Scuderia needs to replace him, as the Italian has to share his time with the World Championship.Endurance where he is engaged with the Prancing Horse brand. It is not specified whether Zhou and Giovinazzi would share this role or whether the native of Shanghai (China) would occupy it alone. If this strange rumor were to be confirmed, he would return to a manufacturer whose academy he knew from 2014 to 2018.

According to the same source, Arthur Leclerc could take the wheel of the car de Carlos Sainz during Free Practice 1 of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as part of the sessions reserved for rookies. Ferrari still has to make one substitution after installing Ollie Bearman in the car Charles Leclerc in Mexico. The two brothers could thus rub shoulders on the track on Friday, December 6. The Corriere della Serra finally specifies that it is Antonio Fuoco, winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans this season with Ferrari, which should carry out the post-season tests at Yas Marina where Sainz will drive for the first time with Williams.

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