Alonso: Red Bull pace disheartening for McLaren

Fernando Alonso says that Red Bull's lightning pace at Monaco is disappointing for McLaren. The Spaniard acknowledged the fact that Red Bull was likely to be strong but the pace they have shown with the same power unit as McLaren has shown there is a lot of work still to be done at McLaren.

"Disappointed in a way because we have the same power unit and we should be at that level," Alonso said.

"But at the same time we knew from very early in the year that we are not yet at that level - but we will try to be as soon as possible.

"We knew more or less that the Red Bull was quite strong here, and favourites in a way.

"Also for Mercedes and Ferrari, Red Bull was the team to beat here. It was not a surprise.

"Obviously we've been chasing that pace all year long.

"We identified, we know which areas we need to work to be on that pace.

"I think the last sector in Barcelona we realised that Monaco would be quite strong for Red Bull, and we are not on that pace yet."