The 36-year-old Pole will deputise for Kimi Raikkonen during the first h🥀our of running at the Hungaroring on Friday in what will mark his third FP1 outing of the 2021 season.

Kubica has already driven Alfa Romeo’s C41 car this year during FP1 at Barcelona and the first Austrian round, while he also completed a shakedown event in Spain before♈ pre-season testin❀g.

Kubica’s latest practice appearance will take place at the venue he made his extraordinary F1 comeback in 2017 in a te𝔍st for Renault following an eight-year hiatu𓆉s from the sport.

“It’s always great to be back in the car, especially so in Budapest which🍌 is the closest race to P๊oland on the calendar,” said Kubica.

“There are always a lot of Polish fans on the stands and I k🧸now there will be a lot of flags to welcome me when I head of out the garage on Friday.

“Of course, once you’re in the car, the focus is on doing the best possible job for the team and on helping our engineers with the set-up of the car. The margins are really small in the midfield so every improv👍ement can be crucial.”

Alfa Roཧmeo team principal Frederic Vasseur added: “Robert has done a really good job for the team so far this season and we’re excited to see him back in the car in Budapest.

“His technical fe🧸edback ha🥀s really helped us in setting up the car and we are confident he can help us extracting even more from our package as the season progresses.”