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Vandoorne: McLaren's 2018 season isn't a write-off

Vandoorne: McLaren's 2018 season isn't a write-off

14-07-2018 17:46
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Jake Williams-Smith

Stoffel Vandoorne insists that the 2018 season isn't a write-off for McLaren. The team has experienced a miserable season after switching to Renault power instead of Honda but have fallen short of expectations set by the outfit.

The Belgian reaffirmed that whilst the season hadn't brought back the feel-good factor the team has been missing for a long time, the improvements made to the car have given hope to those in the orange of McLaren.

“I wouldn’t say it’s a write-off. We will still keep bringing parts to the track, understand where our car is lacking performance because ultimately we’ll need to understand that for the design of next year’s car as well.

“It’s not a write-off. I think the results definitely haven’t been what we wanted them to be, but if we look at where we were last year we’re still in a better shape, so it’s definitely not a write-off.”

The team recently underwent a restructuring at the top with racing director Eric Boullier stepping down from his position with Gil de Ferran stepping into a new sporting director role in his place.

McLaren find themselves down in seventh in the constructor standings and whilst Fernando Alonso was able to score points at Silverstone, it has been a difficult year so far for the working-based outfit.