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Vandoorne debut puts added focus on Button
Jenson Button expects Stoffel Vandoorne to be a quick learner when the Belgian makes his Formula One race debut for McLaren in Bahrain this weekend after Fernando Alonso was ruled out on medical grounds. But the British veteran, who used to share a manager with Vandoorne, will also be doing all he can to be comfortably faster than his teammate. Vandoorne is seen not only as a star of the future, dominant winner of the GP2 support series last year, but also the man likely to replace the 2009 world champion at the British team when the time comes – possibly next year. Bahrain will be the first time the two can be measured against each other in the same machinery and in the heat of battle....
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