formula two front runner guan yujo has taken the last available seat on the NUMBER_TOKEN formula one grid with alfa romeo where he will line up alongside valtteri bottas for his rookie season the NUMBER_TOKEN year old will become the first chinese driver to race in formula one and comes to alfa romeo with significant sponsorship money so what should we expect from joe and how big an impact could he have both in terms of his driving and on the popularity of formula one in the massive chinese market let us know in the comments below what you expect from joe next year and if you think alfa romeo has made the right choice joe has been earmarked as a future formula one driver ever since he joined the ferrari academy while still in karting back in NUMBER_TOKEN he subsequently joined the renault academy now the alpine academy in NUMBER_TOKEN and races with its support in formula NUMBER_TOKEN. he is currently second in formula NUMBER_TOKEN driving for the uni virtuosi team NUMBER_TOKEN points behind fellow alpine academy driver oscar piesteri with two events remaining his fNUMBER_TOKEN performances winning three races in NUMBER_TOKEN mean he is well qualified for formula one but one of the drivers he beat to the alfa romeo seat is piesteri and that's because joe also comes with significant sponsorship backing as well as support from fNUMBER_TOKEN itself giving the value of a chinese driver and the likelihood his arrival will lead to a lucrative second fNUMBER_TOKEN race in china being added to the calendar in the future this is why he has long been at the front of the queue for the drive with a sauber run alfa romeo operation even though delays caused by what team principal frederick vasseur has described as a complicated contract and the potential sale of the team to andretti which is now off the table have meant a long wait now the long-awaited deal has been completed and announced joe known in europe as joey has no chance to get into the alpine lineup for NUMBER_TOKEN given the team has esteban ocon contracted until the end of NUMBER_TOKEN and former double world champion fernando alonso on its books it's understood that there was contact with other teams including williams earlier in the season but alfa romeo was the logical fit for joe the complications surrounding the deal related to the length of the contract with joe and his backers keen for a multi-year deal but alfa romeo only wanting a one-year commitment the team has not confirmed the contract length but it has only referred to joe as a driver for NUMBER_TOKEN our understanding is that this reflects the fact the team won the push and pull over contract length given it was in the strong position of having the only remaining NUMBER_TOKEN race seat and had a deal falling over it could have picked up piastry or stuck with incumbent driver antonio giovannazi who only learned for sure that he was out after the mexican grand prix but while joe does come with huge financial backing that doesn't mean he isn't a good driver as we will explain in a moment after thanking you for watching this video and supporting the race it's only the fact that you watch our videos subscribe to our channel and hit the all important like
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