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Alonso left to ponder as he watches Ferrari win

In the days leading up to the Malaysian Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso justified his decision to move from Ferrari to McLaren by saying he needed to go to a team that was capable of challenging Mercedes. As the Ferrari team partied in the paddock after winning Sunday's race, and as Alonso pondered a season ahead in a distinctly uncompetitive McLaren, he could have been excused for second thoughts. His first race for his new team -- he skipped the season opener due to injury from a pre-season crash -- ended predictably in retirement as another of the myriad problems with the Honda engine emerged. This time is was a cooling system failure. Alonso had been braced for a tough start to the...
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