Alonso urges McLaren to focus on 2016

McLaren driver Fernando Alonso wants the team to focus on getting their car right for next season.

The British team are enduring a woeful campaign, full of reliability problems and a general lack of speed.

They have made progress since the first race of the season, but their ambition of competing for podiums looks remote.

Alonso told reporters: "With the position we are in and the performance we have, I think concentrating on next year is the clever option for us now," he said.

"I don't have any problem starting every single race from the pit lane if we keep improving the car.

"That's the main priority now, to concentrate on next year's performance, so let's see what the team can offer.

"I do think the progress has been quite amazing until now, so the second part of the season is a question mark for us, but we are all very optimistic."

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