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Zhou sticks with Prema for third F3 season

Guan Yu Zhou has become the third member of the Ferrari Driver Academy to sign up with Prema Powerteam in European Formula 3 this year.

Guan Yu Zhou, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F317 - Mercedes-Benz

Guan Yu Zhou, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F317 - Mercedes-Benz

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Guan Yu Zhou, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F317 - Mercedes-Benz
Guan Yu Zhou, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F317 - Mercedes-Benz
Guan Yu Zhou, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F317 - Mercedes-Benz
Guan Yu Zhou, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F317 - Mercedes-Benz
Guan Yu Zhou, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F317 - Mercedes-Benz
Guan Yu Zhou, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F317 - Mercedes-Benz

Zhou, who has been on the FDA scheme since his karting days, will continue for a third season in the championship, where he joins F3 rookies Marcus Armstrong and Robert Shwartzman in the Prema line-up. 

The 18-year-old from Shanghai enters the season looking for his maiden F3 win, although he has taken seven podium finishes over his two campaigns to date and placed eighth in last year’s standings.

Zhou was runner-up in Italian Formula 4 with Prema in 2015, his first season in car racing, before switching to Motopark for his F3 graduation in ’16 and returning to Prema last year.

Sources suggested that he was being groomed by Ferrari for a possible move to Formula 2 in 2018, but the situation changed in the autumn and he rejoined Prema’s F3 team for its pre-Christmas testing.

“The last two years of work have paid off for me and the team has been successful too, so I’m looking forward to a great year together – I feel more than ready for the coming season,” said Zhou. 

Prema chief Rene Rosin said: “Zhou is definitely an interesting prospect and has a lot of potential, so we are excited to have him back for 2018.

“Last season he produced great racing, but we are sure he can perform even better so we can’t wait to see him back on track.”

Apart from Zhou, Armstrong and Shwartzman, Prema has also confirmed Ralf Aron, while the team is strongly tipped to retain Mick Schumacher in what would be an expanded five-car line-up.

2018 European F3 line-up so far:

Team Drivers
 Carlin

 Devlin DeFrancesco

 Jehan Daruvala

 Prema

 Marcus Armstrong

 Robert Shwartzman

 Ralf Aron

 Guan Yu Zhou

 Motopark

 Fabio Scherer
 Dan Ticktum

 Marino Sato

 Hitech GP

 Enaam Ahmed

 Alex Palou

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