Credit to Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul for pulling the bunny out the hat yet again (remember Daniel Ricciardo's extraction from Red Bull?) and, although we all saw it coming for the past 48-hours, today the deal became real: Fernando Alonso is back and that's the best thing for Formula 1 in ages. The Spaniard should not have left, but shit cars did him no favours and no surprise he took a walk. But let's face his comeback was always on the cards and one could say that he made it clear from the outset his intention to return was always there F1 is richer for having a driver of Fernando's stature back in the fold, he is a media magnet and like Lewis Hamilton has the gravitas to launch a wave...
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