After being dropped by Sauber, Zhou Guanyu has landed a reserve role at Ferrari, keeping him within arm’s reach of the F1 paddock—but is this a strategic masterstroke or a one-way ticket to obscurity?

Zhou and Bottas were let go by the team at the end of the year. However, the duo will remain in the sport as reserve drivers – the former with Ferrari and the latter with Mercedes. Zhou had been ...