SHANGHAI, Oct 6, 2007 (AFP) - Double world champion Fernando Alonso on Saturday slammed McLaren-Mercedes, claiming he expected more from the English team and boss Ron Dennis this season.

"I was expecting a lot more, we all were," Alonso was quoted as telling the Spanish press by the website autosport.com after qualifying for Sunday´s Chinese Grand Prix.

"From the outside, the team had a different image: serious, but very professional. And I arrived here after two titles; I improved the car as much as I could.

"Last year they were fighting to make it into Q3 and this year they are going to win the championship, and the truth is that the treatment has not been very good."

When asked if the treatment he received was that deserved by a two-time champion, Alonso said: "Not a double champion, but a normal person."

Alonso hit out at suggestions by Dennis that he was disappointed by the Spaniard´s failure to defend the team against suggestions of favouritism.

"It´s better to be silent than to lie, that´s for sure," said Alonso. "And that´s something he should do more often and I think the team would do better.

"(Dennis) is behind many of the scandals McLaren have been involved in off the track this year.

"Each one has his own philosophy, he has his, and we all understand it. I have spoken a lot with (David) Coulthard, with (Juan Pablo) Montoya, with Kimi (Raikkonen), and they have all left the team and found a lot of happiness. There must be a reason."

Alonso, who has a contract with McLaren for the next two years, admitted he did not know if he would be at the team in 2008.

"I don´t know. What happens next year is another matter. All I know is that I have a contract here and we will see next year. There are 10 teams that could be interested in me.

"I´m ready to do the best I can, to help the team, to have a good car and try to win races. But they ... things like what they say or do, or days like at Spa, or all the lies that they leak to the press, both British and German, to go against me. That, inside my own team...They have to do something to improve the situation."

Alonso said he would be gracious in defeat if teammate Lewis Hamilton became the first rookie to win the title.

"I think he deserves it if he wins it in the end," Alonso added.

"I think you have to know how to win and how to lose, and if I don´t win this year it´s because someone has scored more points than me, and if that´s the case it´s because he has done a better job."

Alonso will start Sunday´s race from fourth place while Hamilton secured his sixth pole of the season. The British driver needs to finish ahead of Alonso and Ferrari´s Kimi Raikkonen to clinch the title.