Alonso looks ahead to post-season ’holiday’

Fernando Alonso has suggested he will not be unhappy once the chequered flag waves in Abu Dhabi.

McLaren has had a much better season this year than 2015, when the new works partnership with Honda began.

But Spaniard Alonso still sounds frustrated.

During the Mexican grand prix, he hit back at an engineer who told him to push, insisting: "You do your job and I’ll do mine."

He told reporters: "We will try to improve for Brazil. We have had some races where we have not been very competitive.

So when asked what lies ahead for McLaren in 2016, Spanish publications quote Alonso as saying: "Now we are missing a month to finish the season and go on holiday."