In today's F1 gossip, Fernando Alonso is reportedly closing in on a sensational F1 comeback with Renault, McLaren boss reveals team courted Daniel Ricciardo for 'years', and Toto Wolff admits hiring Sebastian Vettel would have marketing value for Mercedes...

- Fernando Alonso is reportedly moving closer to an extr꧋aordinary return to the Formula 1 grid with Renault for the 2021 season, with several sources confirming the existence of disc𒅌ussions between the two parties ( 

- McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has revealed the team꧟ has been courting Daniel Ricciardo for a number of years, having agreed a deal for the Australian to replace the Ferrari-bound Carlos Sainz in its line-up alongside Lando Norris for 2021 () 

- Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff admits hiring Sebastian Vettel would have marketing value for Mercedes but insist the team is “pursuing a long-term strategy” with its current driver pairing of ಞLewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas () 

- Carlos Sainz has been backed to surprise at Ferrari when he teams up with Charles Leclerc at the Scuderia next year, according to the Spaniard’s former F3 boss, Trev💧or Carli🦹n () 

- The official F1 2020 Codemasters video game could get a ‘👍real season’ patch so played can race the revised 2020 race schedule as weဣll as the originally planned 22-round calendar () 

- Rare BBC Newsreel 💯footage of the British and European Grand Prix - designated as th﷽e first ever F1 world championship race - on 13 May 1950, has been unearthed ()