Robert Kubica will test Renault’s R.S.17 during next week’s in-season group running at the Hungaroring, the team announced on Monday.
Kubica competed in Formula 1 between 2006 and 2010, spending his last campaign with the French manufacturer, before he suffered serious arm injuries in a rally crash.
Kubica returned to the cockpit of a Formula 1 car for the first time in six years when he sampled Renault’s 2012-spec E20 during a private test at Valencia’s Ricardo Tormo Circuit last month.
Kubica was encouraged by his progress and Renault organised a second test in the same machinery, which took place at Paul Ricard.
Renault has now given Kubica one day in its R.S.17, next Wednesday, in order to further assess his capabilities.
“The first two days of testing allowed both Robert and ourselves to gather a great amount of information,” said Renault’s Cyri Abiteboul.
“The upcoming session with the R.S.17 at the Hungaroring will allow us all to obtain detailed and precise data in a current car and representative conditions.
“After this test, we will carefully analyse the collected information to determine in what conditions it would be possible for Robert to return to competition in the upcoming years.”
Formula 2 racer Nicholas Latifi will drive on Tuesday’s opening test day.
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