Fernando Alonso and Jimmie Johnson F1/NASCAR car swap confirmed

Fernando Alonso and Jimmie Johnson are to carry out a car swap in Bahrain later this month.

Alonso will bow out of Formula 1 following the conclusion of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, bringing down the curtain on a 17-year career in the championship.

But on the Monday after the season-ending F1 event at Yas Marina he will sample Johnson’s Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR machine at Bahrain’s Sakhir Circuit.

Seven-times NASCAR champion Johnson, meanwhile, will get a taste of Formula 1 action at the home of the Bahrain Grand Prix.

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The pair had teased the car swap in a series of social media posts before confirming the arrangement, set for November 26, on Friday.

Formula 1 and NASCAR drivers have previously swapped machinery for promotional purposes.

Lewis Hamilton, while competing for McLaren, ran laps of Watkins Glen, while Tony Stewart completed laps aboard Formula 1 machinery.