Alonso makes Renault DP World F1 Team debut

Fernando Alonso returned to the wheel of a Formula 1 car today for the first time in nearly two years. The double World Champion drove for Renault DP World F1 Team in a filming day at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona, Spain, completing 21 laps and 100km as mandated by FIA regulations. Fernando got to grips with the team’s Renault R.S.20 car, which claimed a podium in last weekend’s Eifel Grand Prix. It was a return to home turf in many ways for the Spaniard. Twenty years previously, Fernando made his debut for Renault’s predecessors, Benetton, at the very same circuit. He also scored two hugely popular victories in the Spanish Grand Prix, in 2006 and 2013, and five further podium finishes. Fernando will return to the F1 grid full-time from 2021.