McLaren, Alonso bids farewell to 2016: “Future goals? Winning the championship"

It was started in ninth position, managing to gain access to Q3 which is really important for the team's morale McLaren. He then finished the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at 10 th: the race of Fernando Alonso was “good, fun but very difficult”, as the Spaniard himself declared after the checkered flag. Last points of 2016 available for McLaren, before saying goodbye to this season and opening with big news for 2017, the year in which the team will have to face big changes, such as the arrival of the young Vandoorne and Zak's new directives Brown.

Alonso did his best with his McLaren: “There wasn't really much I could do against Forza India and Williams, but I fought until the last lap and I'm happy with the point we took today and we maintained our levels in the constructors too.”, continued the Spaniard. “Overall, this season has been positive: we have shown great progress compared to 2015, but we want to win the world championship – and there is still a long way to go before we can achieve this goal”, confessed Alonso, who aims for very ambitious goals and always looks high. “We have a long winter ahead of us, and we will make a big effort to arrive in Australia with a more competitive package”, has continued.

“It's a shame that the final race of Jenson ended soon – continued the Spaniard speaking about the race of his team-mate, who retired in the last GP of his career – but he will still be with us and will be a great asset to us in his new role."

Finally, a joke about winning the world title by Rosberg"Finally, I am very happy for Nico. He had a fantastic season and deserved to become champion. He always believed in his possibilities and managed perfectly to manage his advantage. Both he and Lewis did a great job, but it was time for Nico to win this year, as Lewis already has three titles."he concluded.

Fabiola Granier