Alonso set for F1 return with Renault in 2021 - report

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VIDEO SHOWS: FILE OF TWO-TIME WORLD CHAMPION FERNANDO ALONSO LOOKING AT CAR AND ON TRACK

SHOWS:

WOKING, ENGLAND, UK (FILE - FEBRUARY 24, 2017) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

1. DRIVER FERNANDO ALONSO LOOKING AT THE MCL32 CAR

2. ALONSO TAPPING THE CAR

3. ALONSO TALKING TO MEDIA

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, UNITED STATES (FILE - MAY 3, 2017) (IMS - ACCESS ALL)

4. ALONSO IN PIT LANE

5. ALONSO BEGINS TO SUIT UP

6. VARIOUS OF ALONSO ON TRACK

7. ALONSO IN PITS WITH TEAM

8. ALONSO IN STATIONARY CAR

BARCELONA, SPAIN (FILE - FEBRUARY 27, 2018) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

9. ALONSO TAKING PHOTO WITH HIS MOBILE

STORY: Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso is set to return to Formula One with Renault in 2021, the BBC reported on Tuesday (July 7).

Alonso, who left Formula One at the end of 2018 after a final season with McLaren, won his championship titles with Renault in 2005 and 2006.

The Spaniard, 38, has made no secret of his desire to return to the Formula One grid, with the French manufacturer having a vacancy.

Alonso could join Frenchman Esteban Ocon and replace Australian Daniel Ricciardo, who is moving to McLaren at the end of the 2020 season.

"I don't know if he is going to join or not with us but definitely if he could come back here I'd be very happy," Ocon said last week.

Renault were not immediately available for comment.

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