I do think Alonso carries on driving for McLaren, but one thing is sure - this experience of driving uncompetitive cars, this career choice and the utterly rubbish 2015 McLaren has given a huge hit on his ego. It must have been shocking for him, who deep down knows his value as a racing driver and how he can easily compete for WDCs in the right cars. "Reality check" versus "dreams".
We know drivers have been making bad career choices, and Alonso is the other one, who after some reflection could say that things/life realities are not quite what he was dreaming of. It would be a monumental effort to still keep up the motivation, and fight for scraps with all the talent he has, and hold his head high.
Alonso may have left Ferrari, while believing that "grass could be greener on the other side", but now he must be like "omg/wow, what is that..." Which means that it is not easy for him to make the next career choice, while reflecting on the shocking current one.
I guess Button experienced something similar in 2007-2008 crap Hondas. He was messing around with BAR and Williams contracts in 2004-06 like a kid... but developed a lot of maturity during the subsequent hard years. Personally I think the 2007-08 period taught Button more than any other period in his career, and the same thing is happening with Alonso right now.
Edited by sopa, 25 February 2016 - 14:40.