Fernando Alonso looks set to make his debut in Renault’s 2020 car next week. According to the Spanish broadcaster Movistar, the Spaniard will be in the cockpit for a ‘filming day’ in Barcelona next Tuesday – October 13. After that, a half-day test in Renault’s two-year-old car is also on the cards, Spanish Formula 1 journalist Albert Fabrega claims. Alonso, now 39, is returning to Formula 1 next year to replace the McLaren-bound Renault driver Daniel Ricciardo. By then, the team will be called Alpine, after Renault’s sports and racing car brand. Alonso again spent time in Renault’s F1 simulator at Enstone on Tuesday.

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