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[Saba Sports News] Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu has not yet secured a contract for the next season, and his only remaining opportunities to stay in Formula 1 are with the Audi team and the Alpine team. Yesterday, Zhou Guanyu addressed speculation about him buying an F1 seat during an exclusive interview with RacingNews365. He jokingly expressed his hope that the media could disclose these numbers, which would then solve his seat issue. Currently, Zhou Guanyu races for the Sauber F1 team, and whether he can stay depends on the team’s choice of a partner for German driver Nico Hulkenberg. His current teammate, Valtteri Bottas, has also not secured a driver contract for the next season. During the interview, Zhou Guanyu also revealed that he is in talks with another team, which has just announced that a driver will be leaving. He did not disclose which team it is, but it is definitely not the Sauber team. In the past, he has heard rumors about how much sponsorship money he would bring if he joined a team. Such rumors are interesting, but in another sense, these statements are somewhat disrespectful to him. Zhou Guanyu admitted that he earned his F1 super license through hard work and is confident in proving his abilities in the remaining races of the season, hoping to enter his fourth season in F1.