Former Red Bull driver Mark Webber reckons there would be little point in Fernando Alonso returning to Formul🍃a 1 in 2021.

Two-time F1 world champion Alonso has been linked with a thiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrd stint at Renault next year to take the ꧋seat vacated by Daniel Ricciardo, who will switch to McLaren as Ferrari-bound Carlos Sainz’s replacement.

But Webber said he would be surprised if Alonso returned to fight within thꦫe F1 midfield, which was a big factor behind why he grew frustrat♋ed at McLaren and ultimately left the Woking squad at the end of 2018.

“We know Fer🐻naꦿndo is extraordinary, had an insane career,” Webber said in the F1 Nation podcast.

“He’s not at his peak anymore, it will be harder for him to do what he⛎ did in the past.

“A Fernan🐠do at 💝9 out of 10 is clearly still good for someone to have. But Alonso is a serial winner and [being stuck in the] mid-pack is what he left F1 for.

“He was determined to say that ‘if I can’t fight the podiums then I don’t want to♔ be in Formula 1’ - that 🍎was the last message we had.

“I ꧙don’t see an opportunity for podiums for him in terms of a team that can do that for him.”

Alonso’💜s manager and former Renault boss Flavio Briatore recently said the Spaniard was “detoxed” and “motivated” for a return to🍬 the F1 grid, but Webber does not think a comeback would make sense.

“He’s a r🍌acer, he’s missing it a lot, but what’🌊s the focus?” Webber explained.

“Is he going to be loyal to a new regime and sign a two- or three year-contract? Is it just for one [year], and four mo🎶nths in and then the team is looking for someone else? So, what’s the po⛄int?

“I’m not saying he couldn’t, but it would be very, very challenging for him to stay motivated for two years, in the middl🐻e of the field.”