Despite qualifying down in 18th place, Fernando Alonso is confident there won't be many more times he is forced to exit Q1 in qualifying. read more »

Fernando Alonso says McLaren's form in Malaysia is "better than he anticipated", but adds they are still under-performing... read more »

Fernando Alonso has insisted that results at the start of the new F1 season have justified his decision to leave Ferrari for McLaren. read more »

Jenson Button believes McLaren have taken a big step forward in Malaysia despite seeing both himself and Fernando Alonso eliminated in Q1 on Saturday. read more »

Fernando Alonso has faith that McLaren will not be qualifying at the back of the grid for much longer, despite more frustration at the Malaysian Grand Prix. read more »

Fernando Alonso is confident McLaren will not be getting knocked out of Q1 for long this season despite his first qualifying session with McLaren leaving him 18th on the grid... read more »

Formula 1 teams have agreed to increase the engine allocation from four to five this season - the same number as last season - because of worse than expected reliability. It... read more »

Fernando Alonso was back in the cockpit of the McLaren at Sepang on Friday and declared the team have made "good progress" in two weeks... read more »

Fernando Alonso cut an upbeat figure as he returned to action for the first time since he sustained a concussion during a testing crash in Spain. Alonso completed 45 laps... read more »

Fernando Alonso says he is pleased with the progress McLaren has made as he returned to action during Friday practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix. Alonso… read more »

Fernando Alonso believes McLaren-Honda cut the gap to the front in qualifying to around three seconds, marking a 1.5secs improvement over round one read more »

Fernando Alonso believes McLaren has made 'big' progress with its Formula 1 car after he returned to the cockpit in Malaysia on Friday read more »

Fernando Alonso said the McLaren felt much better than he expected during his first run in the MP4-30 since pre-season testing read more »

Fernando Alonso returns to action for McLaren at Sepang as the Malayisa GP weekend gets underway. read more »

Jenson Button says he is not concerned about the McLaren MP4-30, even though team-mate Fernando Alonso has insisted that his pre-season crash was caused by a problem with the... read more »

Fernando Alonso was the understandable attraction in the FIA press conference as he faced the media for the first time since his crash... read the full exchange here read more »

Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen, Carlos Sainz, Felipe Nasr, Daniil Kvyat and Nico Rosberg faced the media in Malaysia... read more »

Today's press conference... aka The Fernando Alonso Show read more »

Thursday FIA press conference from Sepang in Malaysia with Carlos Sainz, Felipe Nasr, Daniil Kvyat, Nico Rosberg, Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso read more »

Malaysian Grand Prix Thursday press conference with Carlos Sainz Jr, Felipe Nasr, Daniil Kvyat, Nico Rosberg, Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso read more »

Fernando Alonso and Valtteri Bottas have both been cleared to race this weekend after both were forced to miss the Australian Grand Prix due to injuries. The Spaniard's... read more »

Fernando Alonso has given his account of his pre-season test crash which sheds more light on what happened that day, though some of it fails to fit with McLaren's official... read more »

Jenson Button is convinced there is nothing wrong with the McLaren MP4-30, despite team-mate Fernando Alonso's latest suggestion that a steering problem caused him to... read more »

Fernando Alonso was the centre of attention in the Malaysian Grand Prix press conference as he made his first appearance since crashing his McLaren in Barcelona Formula 1 testing read more »

Fernando Alonso says his pre-season test crash was caused by a steering problem and rejects reports he woke up thinking he was 15. read more »