Tags: Stoffel Vandoorne
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Vandoorne: Shame I didn’t get better opportunities
Dropped by McLaren are two disappointing seasons with the team, Stoffel Vandoorne is hoping that a “fresh start” will see him return to form.
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Alonso: ‘P11 is perfect’ for Singapore start
Fernando Alonso has hailed his P11 grid slot for the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon as “perfect”.
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Vandoorne’s F1 options are ‘closing down’
Having lost his McLaren race seat, Stoffel Vandoorne admits his chances of staying on the F1 grid in 2019 are “very slim.”
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Norris: Vandoorne ‘thrown into deepest end possible’
Lando Norris has said Stoffel Vandoorne, the man he will replace at McLaren, was “thrown into the deepest end possible”.
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Vandoorne: Critics quick to pass judgement
Having lost his McLaren race seat to Lando Norris, Stoffel Vandoorne believes he has been harshly judged by Formula 1.
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‘Toro Rosso should sign Vandoorne in a heartbeat’
McLaren may have dropped Stoffel Vandoorne but Zak Brown says if he was in charge of Toro Rosso, he’d sign the Belgian racer “in a heartbeat.”
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Manager ‘confident’ about Vandoorne’s future
Stoffel Vandoorne’s manager, Alessandro Alunni Bravi, is still “confident” about his client’s future in Formula 1.
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Vandoorne given the boot at McLaren
McLaren have confirmed that they will not be renewing Stoffel Vandoorne’s contract at the end of season.
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Axed Vandoorne vows to ‘give it my all’
Stoffel Vandoorne will leave McLaren at the end of the season, and he has said that he will give it his all in his last seven races.
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McLaren will confirm 2019 line up next month
McLaren will confirm Carlos Sainz’s 2019 team-mate before the end of September, so says chief operating officer Jonathan Neale.
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Vandoorne not a 2019 option for Sauber
Sauber team principal Frederic Vasseur has said the team are not “in discussions” with Stoffel Vandoorne for a 2019 drive.
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Perez heads McLaren’s four-man 2019 shortlist
Sergio Perez, Esteban Ocon, Lando Norris and Stoffel Vandoorne are all in contention to partner Carlos Sainz at McLaren in 2019.
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Vandoorne: McLaren have made no progress
After a wretched home grand prix, a frustrated Stoffel Vandoorne has hit out saying McLaren “haven’t progressed at all” this season.
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Vandoorne rumours ‘do not reflect reality’
Stoffel Vandoorne will not lose his McLaren race seat to Esteban Ocon, or anyone for that matter, during this year’s championship says the Belgian’s manager.
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Wolff: Ocon’s potential move is a game of chess
Toto Wolff says “several chess figures” need to be put in place in order for Lance Stroll to take Esteban Ocon’s Racing Point Force India seat.
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McLaren duo ‘expected’ poor qualifying results
Both Stoffel Vandoorne and Fernando Alonso “expected” their poor qualifying results at Spa, and there was “nothing much more” that could have been done.
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Vandoorne: Sort reliability then compare drivers
Stoffel Vandoorne feels McLaren first need to get a handle on their reliability issues before putting him up against Lando Norris out on track.
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McLaren not disappointed with Vandoorne but…
There is some good news for Stoffel Vandoorne with Zak Brown saying he’s done an “excellent job”, McLaren just want him to beat Fernando Alonso a bit more often.
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Vandoorne felt ‘back to normal’ in Hungary
Although Stoffel Vandoorne was left to rue his DNF in Hungary, he says it was at least a good sign that “everything is back to normal” for the Belgian racer.
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Vandoorne refusing to listen to rumours
Stoffel Vandoorne’s DNF in the Hungarian GP could not have come at a worse time as the Belgian racer fights for his Formula 1 future.
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Vandoorne swaps chassis ahead of Hungarian GP
Stoffel Vandoorne will race a different chassis at this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, returning to an old one after struggling in the British and German GPs.
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Alonso: Vandoorne has ‘nothing to prove’
Fernando Alonso has given further support to his team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne after a difficult 2018 season so far.
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Alonso has sympathy for beaten Vandoorne
Fernando Alonso has called for a “deep investigation” into Stoffel Vandoorne’s recent woes after the Belgian was out-qualified once again.
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Vandoorne: Worst Friday of my career
Slowest of all in both practice sessions, Stoffel Vandoorne has billed Friday’s running at the Hockenheim as the “worst” practice day of his career.
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Vandoorne ‘pretty sure’ of McLaren stay
Stoffel Vandoorne has said he is “pretty sure” that he has done enough to warrant a contract extension with McLaren for the 2019 season.
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Vandoorne: 2018 season ‘not a write-off’
Despite a poor first half to the season for McLaren, Stoffel Vandoorne has said that it is too early to write off their 2018 season.
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Vandoorne ‘pretty sure’ of McLaren future
Despite lagging behind Fernando Alonso in the standings, Stoffel Vandoorne believes he has shown McLaren why he deserves a third season in 2019.
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Vandoorne rues his ‘undriveable’ MCL33
Stoffel Vandoorne says his MCL33 was “undriveable” during qualifying for the British GP, explaining the almost a full second gap between himself and Fernando Alonso.
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McLaren and Haas fined for unsafe pit release
Both McLaren and Haas have received fines from the FIA for unsafe releases during Friday practice at the Red Bull Ring.
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Vandoorne: Alonso and I ‘very closely matched’
Stoffel Vandoorne has said the stats between himself and team-mate Fernando Alonso do not tell the “full story” between the McLaren duo.