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Alonso and McLaren - the first time around

Given his previous tenure at the team, many believed Fernando Alonso would never race for McLaren again. That all changed this week however, when the Spaniard agreed a move back to the Honda-powered team. As the parties prepare to reunite, we take a look back over Alonso's first spell with former world champions..."Sometimes in life things do not work out…"With those words, issued in early November 2007, Fernando Alonso departed McLaren, his relationship with the team he'd supported as a boyhood Ayrton Senna fan eroded in barely 11 months.It was all supposed to be so different. Alonso arrived in Woking with the world at his feet; a 25-year-old double world champion who'd...
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