Zhou Guanyu is even more glad he left Alpine as he watches the team's stand-off with Oscar Piastri from afar.
The 23-year-old was given his Formula 1 debut by Alfa Romeo this season, and has impressed despite suffering a lot of bad luck in terms of car reliability. And he is fairly confident he would not have become China's first ever star in the sport this year had he not taken the decision to quit the Enstone team.
"I’ve been completely released," he told Racer. "Everything worked out very nicely, because my contract was ending at the end of last year and it was up to both of us if we wanted to continue, but then there was an opportunity with Alfa.