News Details

Vandoorne: Early 2017 performances were below my standard

Stoffel Vandoorne admits the early part of his 2017 Formula 1 season "wasn't good enough" as he struggled to get up to speed amid McLaren-Honda's reliability problems. After a decorated junior single-seater career, including the 2015 GP2 title and a successful stint in Japanese Super Formula, Vandoorne was expected to star upon receiving full-time promotion to F1. But the Belgian racer failed to escape Q1 at any of the first five races, while star teammate Fernando Alonso earned plaudits for plucky performances in a difficult car. Vandoorne accepts he did a bad job in the first part of the season, but says his situation was worsened by his lack of experience coupled with chronic...
Full Story »
8y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Ferrari says 2018 last chance to unlock Raikkonen form

Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne has suggested the team will replace...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Vandoorne performance gap to Alonso down to car, not...

McLaren's Zak Brown says the fact that Stoffel Vandoorne and Fernando...
8y ago from F1i.com

Ferrari F2004 to appear at 2018 Autosport...

The Ferrari F2004 - one of the most dominant cars in Formula 1 history -...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Stroll admits he must up his game in qualifying

Williams driver Lance Stroll has pinpointed his performance in qualifying...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

PREMA confirmed to miss opening IndyCar round

PREMA will not be present for this weekend’s season-opening round of...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Ticket design for 110th Indianapolis 500 unveiled

The ticket design for this upcoming May’s 110th running of the...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Liverpool, Arsenal, Man Utd scouts busy as 18-year-old...

Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United are interested in signing the...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Pitch Points: Bodø/Glimt give us hope for the future;...

world of soccer throws up no shortage of questions. Today, Graham Ruthven...
9h ago from TheGuardian.com

Arsenal could renew interest in 250k-a-week 'machine',...

Leon Goretzka continues to be linked with a move away from Bayern Munich...
10h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Sources: Man City and Arsenal lead race for English...

Jack Hinshelwood’s rise at Brighton & Hove Albion has been one of the...
20h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.