Fernando Alonso insists he was not trying to be funny by posting a picture of himself playing tennis shortly after encountering another Honda engine failure in opening practice for the Spanish Grand Prix.
Exactly four years on from his last victory, which he claimed at the same circuit, Alonso's home race weekend got off to a miserable start as his car broke down after just three corners in FP1. Honda identified the issue as an oil leak, and changed the car's power unit, control electronics and energy store ahead of FP2.
While that change was happening Alonso left the Barcelona circuit, went to his nearby hotel and shared a picture of himself playing tennis with a caption "Keeping the body active".