While much of the forecasting of the make-up of the 2019 grid has focused on Daniel Ricciardo's movements and whether Valtteri Bottas or Kimi Raikkonen can hold on at Mercedes and Ferrari respectively, could the real story be developing just behind them, with Fernando Alonso at McLaren? Like Ricciardo, Bottas and Raikkonen, Alonso too is out of contract at the end of the year - a year in which he has added a full calendar in the World Endurance Championship to the intense globe-hopping of Formula 1. The two-time world champion's passion for motorsport is clearly undimmed, for proof just look at his jubilant celebrations as he won the Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps on his WEC debut recently....
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