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Vandoorne was "exposed" as Alonso's teammate - Boullier

Stoffel Vandoorne was exposed at the beginning of his Formula 1 career by having Fernando Alonso as his teammate but now has the confidence and is delivering, says Eric Boullier. Vandoorne, who is making his full-season debut this term, has been in good form of late, scoring points for McLaren in Singapore and Malaysia with two seventh places to move ahead of Alonso in the drivers' standings. Last time out in Japan, Alonso squeezed him out of Q3 by just 0.029 seconds, but though he started ninth because of grid penalties, his race was undone following contact with Kimi Raikkonen on lap 1 and he ended up 14th. McLaren's racing director Boullier says Vandoorne has adapted his driving style...
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