Fernando Alonso was glad to end McLaren-Honda's turbulent three-year Formula 1 partnership on a high after finishing ninth in Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand🅺 Prix.

Alonso put in a gutsy display to win a race-long battle against Williams' Felipe Massa and deliver McLaren its third straight points fini🎐sh ahead of its split with Honda at the end of the year.

While the result failed to improve McLaren's construct♏ors' championship position of ninth heading into the final race of the season, Alonso nevertheless was glad to end the team's second stiꦬnt with Honda on a positive note.

"“This was an important race for us. It was the last one of thi🌸s project and we wanted to finish it 🐻in a good way," Alonso said.

"It wasn’t that exciting from our position, bu🌠t we had an interesting battle with Massa in front and Carlos [Sainz Jr.] behind. We chose to undercut Felipe and it worked quite well, but after that we were st🐠ruggling with the pace and running alone for most of the time.

🔥"But, we had a solid race, a g🥀ood start, a good strategy and scored two points, so I’m happy."

Despite regularly venting his frustration about McLaren-Honda's struggles ove🍒r the past three years, Alonso admitted to a sense of pride over the project, wishing Honda well in its future endeavours.

“It has been a tough season and a tough three years for us, but I’m sti🌌ll feeling very proud of this project. We didn’t succeed in terms of results and we delivered below expectations, b𓆏ut nevertheless everyone fought and worked very hard," Alonso said.

“Now that we are both going our separate ways, we wish the best f🌌or Honda and good luck to the McLaren Renault project also.

"Now it’s a new chapter for both of us."