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Fernando Alonso poised to re
Fernando Alonso is expected to re-sign at McLaren after the team finally decided to ditch their bedevilled Honda engines in a switch to Renault.
The Spaniard has made clear throughout his contract re-negotiations that his stay at McLaren would be conditional on a change of engine supplier, and his wish has at last been granted.
The tie-up with Honda, supposed to last 10 years, has been an unmitigated failure, with a plethora of reliability problems leaving the team ninth out of 10 in the constructors’ standings.
McLaren and Formula One had been loath to let Alonso turn his back on the sport, and the double world champion has duly been offered a minimum two-year contract extension worth at least £20 million a year, in line with his present terms. The move is due to be confirmed ahead of this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, in a ceremony heavy on pizzazz.
A complex jigsaw has had to fall into place to allow Alonso’s second McLaren spell to continue. First Carlos Sainz Jnr, the gifted 23-year-old, is jumping ship from Toro Rosso to the Renault works team for next month’s race in Malaysia, with his former team agreeing to join forces with the jilted Honda.
