Nico Hulkenberg says he admi☂res Fernando Alonso “looking for fresh challenges” with his dual Formula 1 and World Endurance Championship campaign in 2018 but warns of the difficulties ahead.

The Renault driver completed a part-dual season in 2015 when he contested WEC’s 6 hours of Spa and Le Mans 24 hours withꩵ Porsche, winning the iconic endurance eve🍒nt at Circuit de la Sarthe, alongside his F1 campaign with Force India.

Hulkenberg plans to keep a close eye on🃏 Alonso’s 2018 plans as he is set to combine a full WEC and F1 campaign after agreeing a deal with Toyota and McLaren. Alonso will be able to compete at every round in both series after WEC organisers switched the date of the Fuji 6 hours to avoid a clash with F1’s United States Grand Prix.

The German says he wouldn’t want to ta🌺ke on the same dual challenge as Alonso because he prefers to focus on one series but understands the two-time🌊 F1 world champion’s motivations.

“I prefer to focus on one thing but he is in a different pos𝐆ition in his career and his life,” Hulkenberg said. “H💮e is a multiple world champion and is looking for fresh challenges, maybe he has different priorities, I don’t know.

“For him it is slightly different as he is doing the whole season whereas I did two events and testing and that was only in period of six months. At the ti🔯me, it was quite demanding as it was a lot of extra traveling, a lot of extra time that you don’t have to think about F1. I think it is quite a challenge he has taken on for himself.”

On Saturday, Hulkenb𒈔erg completed Renault’s F1 filming day at Circuit de Catalunya alongside Carlos Sainz in preparation for the start of pre-season testing at the Spanish circuit which begins on February 26.