The contest for seventh in the championship is very close between Sergio Perez, Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg (all on 53 points), Alonso (50) and Esteban Ocon (49). Alonso was asked if winning this would mean anything to him:

No not really. It means nothing to finish seventh in the championship. There is no point to have any plan for that.

My only plan is to finish the constructors’ championship as high as possible with McLaren. We have now a strong position, we have maybe no hopes to catch Renault and Haas but the gap between us and Force India and Sauber is reducing every race because they are very strong now. And we will not let them catch us before Abu Dhabi. That’s my main focus.

The drivers’ championship really I’m not interested.