Formula 1 team recruits Chinese teen

Zhou Guanyu becomes development driver for the Renault Sport Academy

The possibility that Formula 1 auto racing might one day have a driver from the Chinese mainland came a step closer when the Renault manufacturing team last week unveiled teenager Zhou Guanyu as its newest development driver.

Zhou, who has joined the Renault Sport Academy was presented to media and partners, along with the Renault F1 team's star driver lineup of Nico Hulkenberg and Daniel Ricciardo, at the academy's base in Enstone, Oxfordshire, on Tuesday.