Fernando Alonso says he sees Robert Kubica as one of the best drivers of his generation as he was such a dominant talent in the junior series who beat many of the For🌺mula 1 star🙈s of today.

After reports emerged of Kubica's Renault test last month, which then sparked rumours of the Polish driver returning to the sport with the French manufacturer, Alonso was quick to support his former rival by calling him 'the bꦛest driver' he's compete🅺d against.

Pressed on why the two-time F1 world champion holds Kubica in such high regards, Alonso says h🉐is prestigious junior series and karting record while he still holds the 32-year-old in high regards against the curr🌄ent crop of F1 drivers.

"I'll think because he won all the smaller categories," Alons🍬o said. "When the go-karts were the same, when the smaller categories, you run with the same single-seater, with the same car, he was beating all the generation that are winning now. So I think he's the best.

"I would be happy to see him back in Formula 1 but I don't know exactly the situation, I only read that he did the test, but I also read that Renau𒆙lt were not considering him for next year. So I guess it's not that ꦑclose that he will come back."

Kubica, who became the first Polish driver to win a F1 Grand Prix in 2008, saw his sinꦗgle-seater career cr🌌uelly halted when he was seriously injured in a crash at the Ronde di Andorra rally in which he sustained a partially severed right forearm which ruled him out of the 2011 season.

The Polish driver aimed to return to racing in the World Rally Championship - winღning the WRC2 title in his maiden year - before starring in the premier class with a number of top ten points finishes be🧔tween 2013-2015.

Alonso says he still keeps in contact with Kubica but not as fre꧑quently as he would like due to their r💃acing commitments.

"I do speak sometimes but not as often as we could do," he said. "After the test for example ♎we didn't so I don't know exactly how it went."