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.
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.
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— McLaren (@McLarenF1) November 2, 2018
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