Before getting into the R20 to participate this Tuesday in the tests for young drivers in Abu Dhabi,

Fernando Alonso

assured that he does not have "any challenge" for 2021, which will mean his return to the F-1 with Alpine (new name of Renault ), but he is clear that it must be a year to "prepare well" for 2022, where everything can be equaled with the change in regulation and one can "dream of winning and being up again."

"I do not have any challenge in terms of positions or results, but it would be good to get on the podium like this year in which there have been opportunities for everyone. But I am also aware that all those podiums of the teams in the middle table came due to catastrophes of Mercedes and not for pure performance. We have to work and improve, without a fixed objective, although savoring the champagne on the podium would be fantastic, "said Alonso in

El Larguero

of the SER chain.

The Asturian recalled that in 2021 the cars "will be very similar" to those of this season and that it will be "a continuation of the dominance of Mercedes."

"Maybe in 2022 the cards will get mixed up a bit. Now there is a big list for those hopes for 2022 and to see who can fulfill them.

2021 should be about preparation and integration for 2022

and then dreaming of winning and being up again" , he stressed.

In this sense, with

Carlos Sainz

at Ferrari, he confessed that it is "imaginable" that both can share a podium in a Grand Prix.

"But we will need those 'crazy' races. With 23 Grands Prix I think there are going to be five, six or seven in which someone will be able to 'fish'. It would be a dream," he stressed.

Optimistic

The two-time world champion noted that Renault has had results in 2020, with three podiums, "better than expected."

"I had confidence in the team and when I signed the season had not started.

They have been quite positive results and with an upward line

. Six or seven months ago there was hope, but not so much a reality and it has been very good for morale to lead this inertia to next season and especially to 2022 with the change in regulations, "he warned.

Alonso indicated that "he has never" stopped feeling like a Formula 1 driver "these years" in which he has raced "in other categories", and also celebrated that within "a somewhat selfish sport", he has noticed "a spectacular welcome and a

lot of respect from everyone

. "

"I think people have known how to value the challenges we faced. People in the motor industry know the difficulty of the successes we have achieved and in this return there may have been extra respect," added the Oviedo, that this Tuesday he participates in a test in Abu Dhabi that he sees as "an extra" because he already has "more than 2,000 kilometers" with the car.

Finally, the World Endurance champion did not hide that

Ferrari "has been a bit of a surprise" for being "so far behind" this year

.

"It will be one of the teams that improves the most because when you hit bottom it is easier to rebuild, but it is difficult for it to be at the level of Red Bull or Mercedes," he said.

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