Following the signing of James Key as new F1 tech director, Zhou admits he's surprised by how fast things are changing at Alfa Romeo.
by his former boss Andreas Seidl, who as CEO of Sauber Motorsport is responsible for preparing the Swiss organisation for the arrival of Audi in 2026.
"I was a bit surprised, obviously," said Zhou."I kind of knew things were changing a bit inside the team heading [towards] 2026. But I didn't expect it to be so quickly. "From my side hopefully James will come to the team and he'll give us some other ideas, and we can just continue working and even make a further step up for the end of the season."Asked by Motorsport.com about the apparent anomaly of the team hiring someone who was surplus to requirements elsewhere, Zhou stressed that he has faith in Seidl's choice.
"I think they were the guys who were at McLaren when they were struggling, or finishing at the back, and then bring them to be a race-winning car, or podium several times.
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