He is delighted now McLaren are allied to Renault but the 2005 and 2006 F1 champion has had a difficult decade. Still,he believes he has always made the right call given the situationFernando Alonso has so often presented a stern grimace for the past three years that it is hugely pleasing to meet him relaxed and buoyant and now sporting a broad grin. He is one of the greatest talents of this generation but the latter allotment of his career has been almost as torturous to watch as it must have been for him to endure. This season, sitting in the paddock, and the Spaniard exudes optimism as well as the familiar determination that has brought him two world championships and kept him fighting through a rollercoaster career in Formula One. Times may have been tough but the passion that drives Alonso has never left him.
After wrestling with a woefully underpowered McLaren-Honda for those three years the negativity became so all-encompassing that he tired even of talking approximately it. Now McLaren are allied with Renault and looking to return to the front of the grid Alonso is happier to open up on what kept him going.
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Source: guardian.co.uk