Alonso guarantees he'll race in 2016

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Fernando Alonso has ended doubts about his participation in Formula One next season by saying ''I will be racing, 100 percent.''

The Spaniard had another tough race on Sunday at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, where he was given a drive-through penalty for causing a collision at the first corner in a decision he slammed after the race as symptomatic of the sport's problems.

He later said over the car radio that he wanted to pull out of the race as there was no point in continuing, showing the frustration in a year when his McLaren team was well off the pace.

That frustration had sparked talk over the weekend that he would skip 2016 and wait for the car to be improved, but he firmly denied that after the race.