F1 musical chairs..

With news that Alonso and McLaren have officially parted ways, the game of musical chairs between drivers and teams is about to start. Which team has the budget to bring Alonso aboard? Which driver will McLaren pair up with "boy wonder" Lewis Hamilton? Will Ralf Schumacher stay in F1? All this questions and more would be unravelled in the coming weeks as teams try to finalise their driver line-ups ahead of the winter testing at the end of the year.

I'm personally quite interested as to where Alonso actually ends up. With Ferrari's driver line-up for next year settled - i don't see either Raikonnen or Massa moving next year, there are only 2 or 3 teams at the most that can afford Alonso's wages and match his ambitions of challenging for the driver's title. I think the teams are Renault, BMW-Sauber and Toyota. BMW-Sauber might have a chance of helping him challenge for the driver's title given their performance this year but Alonso's wage demands might stretch their budget. The situation with Toyota, I think, is the reverse of BMW-Sauber. They might be able to afford Alonso's wages but I don't think they can match his title ambitions. That leaves him with Renault, his former team. The big question is, does Renault want him back?