Fernando Alonso has asked Renault to have its 2022 Formuꦰla 1 car in the wind tunnel at the ea⛎rliest possible opportunity.

Renault executive director Marcin Budkowski revealed Alonso’s push to get the team’s 2022 design in the wind tunnel on 1 January - the earliest date allow༺ed by the regulations - as he hailed the Spaniard’s determination and curiosity ahead of his return to F1. 

Double world champion Alonso has signed a💞 two-year deal to complete aꦍ third stint in F1 with Renault starting in 2021 when it rebrands as Alpine.

“He’s asking about anything,” Budkowski expl♏ained. “We were in the windtunnel, and he said, 'so you can't run the '22 car at the moment?’”.

"I said, 'no, we can't do it because of the regulations.' He said, 'when can you start developing?' and I said 1 Ja🧸nuary.

"'OK, are yoౠu running on 1 January?' Well normally we don't, but this year we might, as it's the year. He said, 'OK, we have to run on 1 January, I can come here꧅ and help you’.

"This is the level of motivation of Fꦬernando at the moment.”

Alonso is completing an extensive testing pro🔴gramme ahead of his comeback to F1 following a two-year hiatus.

He began witღh a short filming day in Renault’s 2020 F1 car in Barcelona last month, before conducting a two-day run in the team’s 2018 car in Bahrain earlier this month.

Alonso completed a further two-day outing in the R.S.18 in 𒐪Abu Dhabi last weekend.

"He wants more days in a car to ꦫget used to the team, to get used to the systems, the procedures, to fine tune his seating position and the steering wheel and everything," ꧑Budkowski explained.

"But he also hasn't driven the car for two years. They are bꦍloody fast cars. He needs to get back in☂ shape, get back in the rhythm, so he's taking any opportunity he can to drive."