jdl_uk t1_jd9iwma wrote on March 22, 2023 at 8:14 PM

Reply to comment by imminentmailing463 in ELI5: Why do English speakers switch Japanese names to have the family name last, but not Korean names? by JorWat

Zhou Guanyu (Chinese driver) had problems when he first joined F1 as nobody knew how to say his name properly and the software that generated the graphics for TV always did it wrong (it treated "Zhou" as his given name).

Took a while for them to sort that out

TanaDragon t1_jd9r7gw wrote on March 22, 2023 at 9:07 PM

Good example because I don’t think they ever had that problem with Yuki Tsunoda. But then again F1 is a lot more familiar with Japan than China.

jdl_uk t1_jda2tev wrote on March 22, 2023 at 10:26 PM

I think because he (Yuki) reversed his name so it was in the western fashion, as other Japanese drivers have in the past.

This may be less to do with F1 being familiar with Japan, and more to do with Japan being familiar with F1 and other western influences