It was widely expected that McLaren would announce their driver line up this week. The team have now said that they will only make an announcement after 1 December 2014.

According to AutoSport, it is believed that Fernando Alonso has already put pen to paper and has signed with the Woking based outfit. McLaren are still to make a decision on the second driver and have chosen to wait until after this weekends race to make the announcement. A statement released by the team said that they did not want the driver announcement to get in the way of preparations for this weekends Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

“Selecting the optimal driver line-up for a Formula 1 team is clearly an important process, and it is therefore one that requires precise and prolonged analysis,” read the statement.

“That being the case, and in order to avoid distracting the race team from its primary objective during the final Grand Prix weekend of the season, which is to secure the best possible on-track results, we have decided to defer our final deliberations relating to our 2015 driver line-up until a date no earlier than Monday December 1st.”