Kimi Raikkonen believed to be closing in on return to Ferrari for 2014 season

Ferrari remain insistent that a decision on their 2014 driver line-up has not yet been taken - despite the growing belief that Kimi Raikkonen is closing in on a return to Maranello.

Assuming, of course, that Alonso will be Raikkonen's team-mate in 2014. As the F1 fraternity prepared to leave Monza on Sunday night, rumours were swirling that the Spaniard's own position with the team may be in doubt despite the 32-year-old holding a contract until 2016. After Ron Dennis's assertion at McLaren's 50th anniversary celebrations on Saturday night that the team urgently needed to get back to winning ways, the Woking team, who Alonso left after a single, turbulent season in 2007, are still yet to exercise their option on either Jenson Button or Sergio Perez next season, prompting some to wonder if Alonso could make an unexpected return. "On Sunday Martin Whitmarsh seemed to leave the door open to Alonso at McLaren despite how their relationship ended," added Kravitz. "As next year is going to be all about the engines and new hybrid systems and everyone in the paddock seems to agree that Mercedes are currently ahead of everybody else in terms of their development on this, Alonso might be thinking that he needs to get himself into a Mercedes-powered team. "It's a fascinating few weeks ahead."