Fernando Alonso admits he finds the questions put to him about success at former or rivals teams “funny”.
The Spaniard made the comments as his last employers Ferrari enjoy their most competitive period for some time and Toro Rosso, who took Honda engines from McLaren for 2018, achieved a fourth-place finish in Bahrain almost two weeks ago.
However, the double world champion appears increasingly annoyed that he should be consistently asked if their results bother him.
“I’ve been answering about Ferrari in 2015 and 2016,” he told reporters in China. “After I left Ferrari, every win, every podium they were achieving, you asked me about if I regretted when I left Ferrari.
“After four years Mercedes keep winning and they have four championships and now you are not asking me about Ferrari, you’ve changed for Toro Rosso.
“I don’t care so much about other teams. It’s just funny how people get excited about the ex-teams when they are OK.”
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Changing tack, Alonso also hopes the impact of seeing a Renault-powered Red Bull storm to victory last weekend in Shanghai will push McLaren forward as they look to challenge at the front.
“It showed us the potential of the power unit and it gives us good motivation that with this power unit we will be able to fight if we do a good job on the chassis side,” the 36-year-old said.
“We know that we have to improve, no doubts. We can’t hide that, but at the same time we are doing our job on Sundays and scoring as many points as possible for the team,” he added.