Fernando Alonso says his 🌊outing in the post-season young drivers test has “ignited” his competitive spirit ahead of his anticipated r🐟eturn to Formula 1 with Renault next year.

The two-time world champion produced a lap time that was 0.026s quicker than the best qualifying lap managed by either Renault driver at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last weekend as he168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: ♑topped the timesheets 𝓡in the young drivers test on Tuesday.

In the final day of F1 track running for 2020, Alonso clocked 105 laps around the Yas Marina Circuit in Renault’s RS20 car as he continued to ramp u🔥p his preparations ahead of a third stint with the Enstone outfit next season.

REPORT AND FULL RESULTS FROM THE 2020 ABU DHABI F1 YOUNG DRIVERS TEST.

“It was good and very nice to be back in the car especially with the r🍬ace team,” Alonso s♎aid after ending the day with the fastest time.

“I’ve been testing the 2018 car in prepa😼ration but this one felt a bit more serious and it ignited a little bit the competitive spirit. It was great to feel the modern cars and expe♊rience what they can do.

“I was watching the team’s progress at the weekend closely a🌊nd it was nice to experience what I learnt from the outside and then inside the cockpit t🧸oday.

"We signed off lots of basic things we did in preparation at the factory like seat fitting, pedal position and so on, which is beneficial with only one and a half days of winter te🎃stin🎉g next year.

“We ticked boxes today and we go into Christmas and New Year with good spirit ౠand everyone m𓆉otivated in the team.”

Formula 2 frontrunner Guanyu Zhou was also in action for Re🔯nault, who said the focus of the test was to “enable both drivers to grow accustomed to modern F1 machinery across low fuel qualifying simulations and high fuel ra🦄ce runs”.

Zhou ended the day with the ninth-quickest time, over 1.6 seconds down on Alonso’s best lap, but said he was not “lo🔯oking for lap time” during his first outing in Renault’s 2020 challengerജ.

“It was a pretty decent day,” Zhou said. “I got used to the car straight away, we did a lot of la🌠ps including race runs and performance runs, which were very interesting.

“Our pace was reasonably stable, so I was ha⛄ppy with that, especially this morning’s performance run. There were a couple of technical things here and there, but it is🅰 testing, we still did a lot of laps, and that is the main purpose.

“I wasn’t really looking for lap time and during the last two sessions, together with th🍌e team, we found a good balance🍒 on the car in comparison to the evening sessions at the weekend, so that’s positive learning for the team.

“Overall,💝 I’m really happy with my first time driving the 2020 car, so tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhanks to Renault for the opportunity.”