Stoffel Vandoorne believes he has sufficiently demonstrated to McLaren that he warrants another season in Formula 1 with the team in 2019. Vandoorne was backed by McLaren through his junior career and stepped up to a full-time Formula 1 seat full-time in 2017, having made a one-off appearance the previous year. Vandoorne’s rookie campaign coincided with the final tumultuous season of the McLaren-Honda partnership, but the Belgian has struggled compared to Fernando Alonso in 2018. Vandoorne is the only driver yet to out-qualify his team-mate while he has amassed only eight points compared to the 40 gathered by Alonso. “I think it’s the time of the year where everyone talks...
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