article_snippet: Alonso and team-mate Jenson Button will start from the penultimate row, and have only been spared the embarrassment of propping up the grid after Manor were permitted to start tomorrow’s race by the stewards despite Roberto Merhi qualifying outside the 107 per cent rule and Max Stevens failing to post a time.
article_snippet: Fernando Alonso posted a picture with Ron Dennis (right) and Eric Boullier (second left) on Saturday evening .
article_snippet: Fernando Alonso failed to make it out of Q1 and will start from 18th position in Sunday's Malaysian GP .
article_snippet: Fernando Alonso then posted a picture on Twitter of Fernando Alonso dining out with Ron Dennis, the McLaren chairman, and team principal Eric Boullier.
article_snippet: ’ Jenson Button will start from 17th on the grid, one place ahead of ’ Jenson Button McLaren team-mate Alonso .
article_snippet: Button, who qualified one place ahead of Fernando Alonso, echoed his team mate's sentiments and admitted that the speed at which McLaren have closed the gap on the cars in front was a good sign.
highlights_snippet: Fernando Alonso will start on the penultimate row for Sunday's race .
  
highlights_snippet: Fernando Alonso will be joined by McLaren team-mate Jenson Button who qualified 17th .
  