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Vandoorne: It was 2017 or never
Following his stunning success in GP2, finishing runner-up in his debut season and going on to win the title a year later, Stoffel Vandoorne was fully confident of making the step up to F1 this year. However, it wasn't only Jenson Button that was kept waiting for a decision by McLaren, the young Belgian was also kept on tenterhooks by the Woking team before finally hearing the news. Though he has had to content himself with Super Formula this year, over the weekend of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, the 24-year-old was finally put out of his misery and told that he would be partnering Fernando Alonso in 2017. 'It's a big relief that finally I will be a fully-fledged Formula One driver,'...
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