Fernando Alonso say to the fans "SEE YOU NEXT YEAR"

Two-time F1 champion downplays remarks after scoring first point of the season

McLaren-Honda Formula One driver Fernando Alonso has clarified his comments, after suggesting "bored" McLaren fans should "turn off the TV until next year."  In the midst of McLaren-Honda's abysmal 2015, the Spaniard at Silverstone warned fans who are frustrated that more of the same pain will be felt for the rest of the season.  Alonso, a two-time F1 champion, scored his first point of the season on Sunday with a 10th-place finish at Silverstone in what has otherwise been an embarrassing season. Teammate Jenson Button has just four points. Button is 17th and Alonso 18th in the points, leading just the two drivers from hapless Marussia.

"So whoever is bored, turn off the TV until next year, or at least until Japan or later because it is going to get worse than this," said Alonso.
 But after scoring his first point of 2015 in the British Grand Prix, the former world champion insisted he was in fact not urging his supporters to go away, but simply downplaying expectations as the team gets up to speed.

"The message was misunderstood," Alonso was quoted as saying by the Spanish news agency EFE. "I did not mean to turn off the TV, I just meant that there will be other races like this but also worse ones, because the car will not change overnight."

And he insisted that nobody at the team is getting tired or preparing to call it a season.
 Alonso said the three-week gap between Silverstone and Hungary -- created due to the German Grand Prix cancelation -- is "important" for McLaren, as it gives the team extra time to improve.