Fernando Alonso says he has “no clear target” on his return to Formula 1ဣ after spending two years away from the sport.

The Spaniard will make his return to F1 this weekend in Bahrain with the newly rebranded Alpine team, formerly Renault - the team Alonso won his only t♊wo drivers’ titles with in 2005 and 2006.

With Alpine’s true level of competitiveness still unknown following just three days of winter testing, Alons🍃o is keeping expectations down going into the new season and is targeting just progress for the Enstone-based outfit in 2021.

“I don’t have a clear target on what I want 🥂♉to achieve in this comeback,” Alonso said. “A target in terms of results. What I want to do is test myself and try to help the team in this important moment of this transition from Renault to Alpine and this great future I think this team has for the next coming years and the new set of regulations.

“I’m here to help the team with the experience and the knowledge that I may accumulate over the years and try to build a momentum into the team that can carry on from 2022 and into the future. We all love to win, but there is only one tha𝓀t can do that every Sunday and at the end of the year only one can become champion, so that’s a very d𝓰ifficult target to set.

“I will be happy and I wil🌱l consider it a success if we grew up together - the team and myself - in the next coming years and we are a contender sooner than later.”

Alonso spent two years away from F1 compet🎐ing i🔴n the World Endurance Championship, IndyCar and the Dakar Rally.

Speaking ℱahead of his first F1 race since the 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Alonso admits he’s not “100 percent” ready but expects it will only take a handful of races until he is completely comfortable again in an🍰 F1 car.

“It always takes time and I’m not 100 percent yet,” Alonso added. “It is the same for many people I guess and many drivers, some of them changed teams, some of them need to re-adapt a little bit to the new aero regulations, the tyres, you will always feel more comfortable after five or six full races, so for me it’s no different. 🅠;

“I’💃m happy where we are now but I think in a couple of races I will feel more comfortable. Even in t🍸he cockpit, the seat, we are still making small modifications, pedal positions, there are things that we need to keep readjusting.”