Motorsport journalist and podcaster
Two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso will retire from the pinnacle of motorsport at the end of the season to pursue other racing challenges.
The 2018 Formula One midseason break is almost at a close, with racing set to resume this weekend at Spa-Francorchamps for the historic Belgian Grand Prix.
Another week, another badly timed episode of Box of Neutrals. We talk to Ben Edwards about everything up to Fernando Alonso’s F1 retirement – and his weird retirement video – and Carlos Sainz’s move to McLaren. Peter McGinley confuses ‘Holden’ for ‘beer’.
The 2018 Formula One midseason break has rivalled the season itself in its unpredictability, with announcements from Daniel Ricciardo, Force India and Fernando Alonso all disrupting the peace.
The Force India Formula One team will keep its doors open after administrators accepted a bid led by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll to buy the factory and repay creditors.