8. Alonso to decide on his F1 future after Italian GP

RENAULT'S double world champion Fernando Alonso said on Friday he expects to decide his F1 future after September's Italian Grand Prix. “I think (I will make the decision) after the summer when all this period of races, then the break and then Belgium and Monza are over,” the Spaniard said at the British GP. “They are very important races for us to try to get this fourth position in the constructors' championship,” he added. “And after that will be time to think about what the possibilities are for next year.” For the second year running, Alonso is a central figure in the driver merry-go-round as interested teams await his decision before finalising their driver line-ups. Last year, after his well-documented fallout with McLaren, his return to Renault was finalised only after the end of the season. Honda have openly expressed... [read full story]