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[Saba Sports News] According to PLANETF1.com, although there are only two viable options, the Sauber team and the Alpine team, Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu believes he has over a 50% chance of securing a Formula 1 seat for the next season. In April this year, the Sauber team announced that German driver Nico Hulkenberg will join the team next season. Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas are aware that one of them will leave the team after this season. This season, both drivers have failed to score any points, and the team is at the bottom of the standings. Bottas, who has won 10 Formula 1 Grand Prix races, is considered a top candidate to stay with the team due to his more extensive experience in Formula 1. However, with the arrival of former Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto as the new Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technical Officer of the Sauber team, Bottas has become less confident. The media believes that the possibility of Zhou Guanyu staying with the team has increased. It turns out that Zhou Guanyu got to know Binotto during his time in the Ferrari Driver Academy. Binotto, who was the team principal of the Ferrari team at the time, was well aware of Zhou Guanyu’s abilities and had a say in promoting him from an F2 driver to the Sauber team, knowing how to create a comfortable environment for Zhou Guanyu to achieve good results.