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McLaren: Vandoorne held back by junior career driving style
McLaren says new Formula 1 recruit Stoffel Vandoorne has been hampered by him sticking to the driving style he learned during his successful junior single-seater career. Vandoorne was promoted to a full-time race seat in place of Jenson Button for this year, but has struggled compared to teammate Fernando Alonso so far, failing to escape Q1 at any of the first five races. Before graduating to F1, Vandoorne won titles in Formula 4, Formula Renault 2.0 and GP2, and won multiple races in Formula Renault 3.5 and Japanese Super Formula. Unlike Formula 1, these categories all use a single make of chassis, and McLaren believes sticking too rigidly to the driving style that served him so well in...
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