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FORMULA ONE

Alonso: I'll stay at McLaren if we can win races by September

McLaren's Fernando Alonso also reacted to executive director Zak Brown's comments that the team have "serious concerns" over Honda.

MONTREAL, QC - JUNE 08: Fernando Alonso of Spain and McLaren Honda talks in the Drivers Press Conference during previews for the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 8, 2017 in Montreal, Canada.   Dan Istitene/Getty Images/AFP
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Fernando Alonso has indicated to McLaren-Honda that the struggling Formula One team need to be winning races within the next three months if he is to stay on.

Alonso: "If we are winning..."

Speaking ahead of this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix, Alonso - whose contract expires after the 2017 season - declared: "We have to winIf we are winning, before September or something like that, I will make a decision and I will stay."

Alonso: Brown comments on Honda "what you expect"

With McLaren bottom of the 2017 standings and yet to score a point, executive director Zak Brown told Reuters on Wednesday that the team have "serious concerns" about their title-winning potential with current engine provider Honda.

The British outfit are "near our limit", Brown added.

Alonso missed the Monaco GP in May to race the Indy 500.
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Alonso missed the Monaco GP in May to race the Indy 500.TANNEN MAURYEFE

Asked about Brown's remarks, Alonso said: "Zak's comments are probably what you expect for Zak to say. He wants to win, he wants to put McLaren again in a contender position for the championship.

"After three years we are not in that position," concluded the two-time world champion, who missed the F1 calendar's most recent event, the Monaco GP, to take part in the Indianapolis 500.