SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium -- Fernando Alonso has been impressed by
McLaren-Hondas progress in the past year, but says his main interest lies in
what can be achieved in 2017 and how new regulations will change the feel of the
cars.
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McLaren is due to expire at the end of 2017 and he has previously said his
decision on whether to renew will be based on whether next years cars are more
interesting to drive. Speaking on Thursday at Spa-Francorchamps, he said he is
hoping the new regulations for 2017 will offer similar thrills to those he
experienced in previous years of his career.Next year I finish my contract with
McLaren -- the one that I have now -- so I have to make a decision if I can
continue in Formula One or not. In the last couple of years -- in this turbo
engine era -- I think the cars are a little bit different to drive, but I dont
say if its better or worse.Everyone will have his opinion, but I have been lucky
enough to drive 2003 cars, 2004 and 2005 ... even until 2009 the cars were, in
my opinion, more extreme and more Formula One cars. Now when I see GP2 cars
running three seconds away in FP1, it feels a bit sad. The cars are heavy, no
grip, we save fuel, we save tyres, we save everything from lap one. Its a little
bit against the instinct of the driver and next year is a big question mark.The
regs and everything will change a little bit and if the cars are fun to drive
and exciting to drive, I will probably stay longer and drive more years in
Formula One, but if the cars are still giving me the feeling I had in the last
couple of years I will stop. But it is not related to if you are competitive,
you are either enjoying driving the car or not enjoying it and right now, in my
opinion, the cars are not enjoyable. But thats probably because I drove older
cars, and if you arrive now to Formula One these cars are probably very fast and
very fun to drive, but not for me anymore.McLaren-Honda has made progress this
year and arrives at Spa this weekend with a major engine upgrade.If you look at
the team 12 months ago we were in a very different situation. We were starting
last here using, I think, our ninth engine of the year here in Spa and we were
lapped two times here last year, so definitely we have made a step of minutes,
not even seconds, in total race time so we are in a much better position. We are
enjoying it and the progress is looking optimistic, and for next year as well.We
look forward to this weekend, we have some updates on the car, but we know that
Spa and Monza will be some tricky races for us in terms of layout and
characteristics of the circuits, but definitely we are enjoying our time now,
seeing the progress, and we are hungry for more.But asked whether he thought
McLaren should still be working on improving its 2016 car, he simply said: Well,
I think we want to be world champions. So this year it is not anymore possible.
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from an Achilles injury. The Arizona Diamondbacks?placed right-hander Zack
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