Bottas' experience of great value: 'He has a very strong teammate'

Alfa Romeo took months to announce which driver will sit alongside Valtteri Bottas next season. This month the team presented Guanyu Zhou as a reinforcement. As Alfa Romeo is getting a lot of criticism for this choice, Oscar Piastri is stepping in for Zhou.

Both drivers will compete for the world title in Formula 2 this year. Piastri is still on top of the championship standings, so he seems to have the most rights to a place in Formula 1. Nevertheless, Alfa Romeo decided to make a different choice and put Zhou forward.

According to several media outlets, Zhou mainly brings a lot of money, but Piastri believes that the Chinese has great qualities as well. "Of course, there has been quite a bit of negativity passed around on social media and the like, but I think it was mostly quite unfair. Of course, we know he brings financial support. But he's not doing a bad job after all," he told Motorsport.com.