Alonso's frustrations trigger social media storm

After his McLaren ground to a halt in Q1, Alonso took to a deck chair to watch the remaining part of the session, and catch a bit of sun.

And the iconic images was quickly captured by fans, who doctored the images to begin a trending theme of #placesalonsowouldratherbe.

Alonso himself was well aware of what was happening on Twitter and Facebook, and he joked with teammate Jenson Button before the team's Saturday press conference.

But behind the smiles, he did make clear that he was not too happy about what was happening.

"I think we know the situation, it is going to be tough tomorrow and maybe Abu Dhabi as well," he said. "But there are some incentives every race to test new parts for next year and to keep learning from our problems and our mistakes of this year, and try not to repeat any more.

"But it is frustrating. Not even participating in Mexico in the race and not participating today in qualifying – and tomorrow we don't know.

"Hopefully we complete 72 laps, but it looks quite a big thing right now after managing 10 laps all weekend. So it is the way it is.

"Hopefully we are learning, taking notes of all our problems and go deep into the investigation and not to repeat any more. As far as we are learning about all these things it is okay, but definitely it is frustrating."

Here though are some of the best Alonso images that appeared on social media on Saturday.

At the beach #PlacesAlonsoWouldRatherBe #F1 #BrazilGP pic.twitter.com/w2EW3GEsD6

— McMike (@_McMike_) November 14, 2015

At the dentist #PlacesAlonsoWouldRatherBe #F1 #BrazilGP pic.twitter.com/dfFAoK244C

— McMike (@_McMike_) November 14, 2015

Man On The Moon #PlacesAlonsoWouldRatherBe pic.twitter.com/gSsdinS2Tc

— F1_Addict (@F1_Addict) November 14, 2015

#PlacesAlonsoWouldRatherBe part IV pic.twitter.com/8tJvFGYhNt

— Enrico Tornello (@EnricoTornello) November 14, 2015

Sorry. Couldn't resist. #PlacesAlonsoWouldRatherBe pic.twitter.com/8wuqMYdg1V

— James (@jameslaing_) November 14, 2015

Any Leo fans around? #PlacesAlonsoWouldRatherBe pic.twitter.com/WRhsyUpgrC

— Zara Daniela (@ZaraZahid) November 14, 2015

These are all brilliant! #PlacesAlonsoWouldRatherBe pic.twitter.com/vf7XhUBAfz

— Kimi Raikkonen™ (@theFakeKimi) November 14, 2015

#PlacesAlonsoWouldRatherBe bronx69 pic.twitter.com/E6GOLV9aUG

— Oksana (@Oksana_Anuska) November 14, 2015

Without the hands #PlacesAlonsoWouldRatherBe #F1 pic.twitter.com/nsICTN5Pwk

— Quentin (@SpiritusSanctu) November 14, 2015

By request of @LanzaroteCamel #F1 #PlacesAlonsoWouldRatherBe pic.twitter.com/v3rzaqsQtg

— James Gibson Photo (@JGphotography5) November 14, 2015

#PlacesAlonsoWouldRatherBe Where's ALO? pic.twitter.com/qYaeJ3HMZv

— Enrico Tornello (@EnricoTornello) November 14, 2015