Alonso: We were slow to react

Fernando Alonso departed Silverstone a frustrated man after finishing out of the points in 13th place, believing his McLaren team could have been more adventurous with reagrds to race strategy.

The Spaniard vented his disatisfaction during the race, claiming on the radio to his pitwall that they had compromised his race when they kept him out too long on intermediate tyres while most of the field pitted for slicks.

When asked by media after the race what could have been done by the team, Alonso said, "We could invent something. We are not fighting for the world championship, we could have stopped earlier or later, something to try and gain some positions but we were slow to react on that. That is the way it is, these races are always very complicated."

"I think in these conditions we can go from hero to zero in nothing. You stop one lap earlier and you probably don't finish the lap. I think we did what we can but I think we lost positions, the stops, so we need to look at this."

Just about every driver had an off going in Turn 1 including eventual race winner Lewis hamilton, where a wet patch lingered for most of the race, also catching out Alonso which added to the frustrations on the day for the double F1 world champion.

"We are P12 and P13, so I don't think we should be very proud of the race. That is the way it is, we could have had some points with my car when I was behind Felipe when it was dry but it is difficult to overtake with the car we have at the moment so we have to invent some places, like T1 and T2, which is not a normal overtaking place. We went off there.

"It is difficult when you are battling with someone, [it is] better in qualifying when we are alone and can extract the maximum from the corners but tough race. In a way, I think a step forward, more competitive fighting with Williams, Force India and Toro Rosso in the race, so that is good news," added Alonso who last won an F1 race at the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix.