Alonso future in doubt

The Spaniard was penalised five places on the grid by race stewards for impeding his team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the pits during qualifying.

And he then was unable to do better than fifth in the race while British driver Hamilton won to increase his championship lead to seven points.

And such is the tension in the squad between the warring team-mates at the moment, that Alonso said he may not still be there next year.

When asked whether he would be racing for the British team in 2008 Alonso said: "We'll see."

A report by Spanish newspaper Marca on Sunday morning even suggested that Alonso and his father had been talking to Flavio Briatore about a return to Renault, where he won the 2005 and 2006 world titles.

Briatore denied any such discussions taking place.

"I don't know anything about that," he said. "This is a McLaren problem, not mine."