Alonso prepares for Renault farewell test with this beautiful engine sound

F1 News

11 December 2020 at 07:37
  • GPblog.com

On Friday, Saturday and Sunday Fernando Alonso steps into his old love, the R25 with which he became world champion for the first time with Renault in 2005. With this, Alonso brings back wonderful memories, but he also closes an important period.

Over the years Renault has been active in various forms in Formula 1, but never was it as successful as in 2005 and 2006. It was then that the stable led by Flavio Briatore became world champion for the first time and it was the young Spaniard, Fernando Alonso, who shone in the R25.

Alonso is getting ready for a wonderful test

However, that time passed and through Crashgate the team went off like a nightcap. In 2016 Renault returned to the sport, but this period will also come to an end. From 2021 onwards, Renault will be renamed Alpine Racing, a sporty car brand under the Renault umbrella, which wants to withdraw its own name.

This will (for the time being) put an end to the Renault era in Formula 1, and anyone other than the man who returns to the F1 grid in 2021 will be better able to bring the era of Renault to an end. Especially for this occasion, Alonso will do a test run in the R25 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and listen to the sound of that car!