Fernando Alonso has emphatically denied he would be interested in a move to Mercedes after the dawn of another season in which Ferrari have failed to deliver a front-running car.
The Spaniard finished almost 90 seconds behind the Mercedes cars of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg on the weekend that marked a year since his last victory in F1.
The partnership between Alonso and Ferrari is now in its fifth season, but has yielded just 11 victories and if 32-year-old is now to add to his two world titles, it will be the longest gap between championship wins in Formula 1 history.