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Alonso's frustrations trigger social media storm

Fernando Alonso's may have expressed some frustrations at Honda's ongoing problems at the Brazilian Grand Prix, but his behaviour during qualifying did prompt a social media phenomena. 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...
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