Renault F1 Director Marcin Budkowsiki (Marcin Budkowsiki) said recently that although two-time world champion Fernando Alonso (Fernando Alonso) has completed testing of the current F1 car in Abu Dhabi, he believes The Spaniard will still be at a disadvantage after returning to F1 next year.
After missing F1 for two seasons, Alonso will officially return next year. While staying away from F1, Alonso won two consecutive 24 Hours of Le Mans full-time champions, participated in his second Indy 500 competition, and also appeared in the Dakar Rally. As of the end of the young driver test earlier this month, Alonso has driven Renault's 2018 and 2020 F1 cars this year. In the young driver test, Alonso completed 105 laps in the R.S.20 car and was the fastest driver in the race. When
was asked whether such a test would give Alonso an advantage, Budowski gave a negative answer: "You may want to ask how much his disadvantages can be reduced? Obviously, he I haven’t driven an F1 car for two years. This is the reality. I can understand that drivers like Carlos (Sainz) and Daniel (Ricardo) who will change teams next year will have a little difficulty adapting to the new environment, because everything It’s all different. But Fernando’s situation is different. He hasn’t raced in F1 for two years. Therefore, that’s why we have been buying him enough track time for him to drive a 2018 car. Test, I only hope that he can find the right rhythm."
At present, F1 has determined that the 2021 winter test will shrink from six days to three days, which means that transfer and return drivers will face the dilemma of a sharp reduction in test mileage. Budowski believes that even an experienced driver like Alonso will have difficulties: "Although Fernando has 20 years of racing experience, it is obviously not enough to get acquainted with the car in a day and a half. In addition, he has not participated in the competition for a long time, so it will only be more difficult."
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