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Renault wanted Vandoorne but McLaren deal too tight
Renault reportedly tried and failed to secure the services of Stoffel Vandoorne for 2016 and instead settled to retain Jolyon Palmer and sign Kevin Magnussen. The French marque's new team boss Frederic Vasseur ran the Belgian driver in his GP2 team ART last year, where he utterly dominated en route to the title. But Vandoorne is tightly under contract to McLaren. 'With Stoffel, the situation is very clear,' Vasseur said last week. 'He is under contract to McLaren and I really think he will go there next year. 'McLaren is aware of his results and his ability, so I cannot imagine for a split second that they will let him go,' he added. Indeed, Vasseur has now been quoted by the Belgian...
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