Fernando Alonso will continue his Formula 1 testing programme with 🧸Renault next week when he completes his latest two-day test in a 2018 car in Abu Dhabi.

The two-time F1 world champion has already conducted a filming day, limited to just 100 kilometres, in Renault’s 2020 challenger at the C🦂ircuit de Barcelona෴-Catalunya in Spain last month, as well as a two-day test at Bahrain.

Alonso racked up 186 laps around the Bahrain Internation🎃al Circuit in Renault’s R.S.18 earlier this month and will now drive the same car around Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Circuit on 15-16 November.

Renault Academy and Formula 2 racer Guanyu Zhou will then takeover fro🌠m Alonso to compl🌳ete a day of running in the R.S.18 on 17 November.

Alonso has also taken part a number of simulator sessions as he steps up his pr🎶eparations for his return to F1 next season after a two-🅰year hiatus from the sport.

Renault has been pushing for Alonso to be allowed to participate in the post-season young driver’s test following the season finale in Abu Dhabi while it has been evaluating other opportunities to give the Spaniard some much-needed 𝄹track time ahead of his comeback.

After his recent test outings, Alonso admitted it will take him “a couple of races” to get back up to speed and comfortable🍃🍃 again in F1 when he returns in 2021.

“I guess it's going to take a couple of races, to be honest,” he explained. “Because the limited testing for next year is going to be a challenge for everyone, but a little bit more for me, becaജuse I'm out of the car for two years. And I think it's going to be only one day and a half with winter testing.

"So you cannot prepare🍰 for a world championship in one day and a half. So this is how it is, I will try to create on the simulator some things that we need to save time on the real car, for fine൩ tuning the set-up.

"But this is a new team, new steering wheel controls, new procedures, new engin൲eers, a lot of new things that will require a little bit of time, but I will try to make it as short as possible.”

Zhou’s test marks his latest run in F1 machinery aft൲er Renault tested members of its young driver academy earlier this month in Bahrain, with the Chinese racer splitting driving duties over a four-day run alongside fellow F2 rival Christian Lund🐲gaard and Formula 3 champion Oscar Piastri.

More testing coming for and ! ♓Both will take to the R.S.18 in ; Fernando Alonso on 15-16 Nov and Guanyu Zhou on 17 Nov.

— Renault F1 Team (@RenaultF1Team)