McLaren executive director Zak Brown has dismissed the suggestion that Fernando Alonso could miss the Formula 1 race in Singapore in ordeꦅr to take part in IndyCar’s season finale at🍷 Sonoma, calling it “fake news”.

Two-time F1 world champion Alonso missed the Monaco Grand Prix to make his debut at the Indianapolis 500 back in May as part of a joint entry between McLaren, Honda and Andretti Autosport, qualify🥀ing fifth and leading part of the race before ultimately retiring with an engine failure.

Alonso’s evident enjoyment of the IndyCar event led to suggestions that he could be set to make a second appearance at the final race of the year at Sonoma, whi❀ch clashe✨s with the Singapore Grand Prix.

Howe൩ver, Brown was quick to dismiss the suggestion, confirming that Alonso would be r✱acing in Singapore as planned.

"It's completely crazy,” .

"He would have to first make that reques▨t through us, which he has not, and that event con𓂃flicts with F1 in Singapore.

“It's fake news.”