“Obviously the first time you become an F1 driver, in our country they see countrymen racing different sports, especially Formula 1, there’s only 20 drivers on the grid and then they start to focus on their drivers, where their city or their country is from, so it’s great to see the fanbase is building up quite a lot,” explained Zhou.
“And also for me, I think you always have the fans [that have] been following motorsport for ages, since probably 2010, all these years when we have the Chinese Grand Prix, but then it’s great to have maybe fans that have different interests in other topics and then started to follow that because of you.
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“I think, for me, the most important part is just for the history or the background of the sports, that scenario here has not been the most popular sport in China.
“Of course, everybody in the country [knows] ping pong, football, basketball, these things are very famous, popular, and for people it’s maybe quite easy to play or to reach, but motorsport for them is always like a higher luxury end of sports.
“But I think everyone can still get involved, have that as an interest, and that’s why I’m here, for one of the reasons, and it’s great to see a lot of people coming, supporting, notice the race track, also off track, to see them there when you have activities. It is great to feel this energy.”
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