Fernando Alonso says McLaren must remain 'united' over the coming races after predicting the team will fare worse at the upcoming Belgian and Italian Grands Prix, even after both cars dropped out of Q1 at Silverstone. Another day, another struggle for the team, this time on home soil, both Alonso and Jenson Button would fail to progress beyond the first phase of qualifying, the pair only able to out-perform the two Manors to lock out the penultimate row in 17th and 18th positions. Despite this, Alonso gave a fairly positive evaluation of the afternoon, insisting it was actually the best qualifying session of the year for McLaren-Honda. “It sounds strange, but this is the best qualifying...
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