We are the dreamers

Fernando Alonso signaled his impending arrival at Mclaren this week by tweeting "we are the dreamers", a nod to Honda's advertising slogan, but has Alonso sleepwalked his way into another uncompetitive car?

No doubt the allure of driving for an iconic car and engine partnership has its charms and it surely can't get any worse than the 2014 Ferrari, but perhaps Alonso would have been better advised to draw upon the recent performance of both Honda and Mclaren in F1 when making his decision to leave Ferrari?

Mclaren have won one constructors championship in F1 since 1991, 23 years with one championship, and the less said about Honda's last participation and exit of F1 the better.

Alonso won't be the only world champion drawn into a 2015 dream as Vettel steps into the Spaniards, not so prancing horse at Ferrari. Vettel has already talked about the 'fairy-tale' of driving the car he saw his idle Michael Schumacer driving when Vettel was a boy.

The F1 romantic in me would love to see an epic title fight next year, between arguably the three best drivers in F1, but I think Mercedes will be untouchable until at least 2016.

Let's hope that McLaren can give Alonso a car deserving of his talents and Ferrari give Vettel the chance to demonstrate 2014 was an off year, and he has the talents deserving of four world titles.

Let's believe in dreams.