Kimi Raikkonen made his return to Formula 1 on Monday as he tested a Renault R30 in Valencia during a two-day private test.
The Finn hasn’t driven an F1 car since he left the sport at the end of 2009 when he raced for Ferrari.
The two-year-old Renault, rebranded in the Lotus colour scheme, was equipped with Pirelli’s demonstration tyres which are of a much harder compound than race-spec tyres.
The test was organised by Lotus to help Raikkonen reacclimatise himself with F1 machinery, after competing in the WRC and Nascar during his two year absence.
The test will conclude on Tuesday before pre-season testing begins in Jerez on February 7th, of which Raikkonen will drive for the first two days before handing the car over to his teammate, Romain Grosjean, for the remaining two.
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