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Vandoorne: 'Alonso not my mentor!'

McLaren Stoffel Vandoorne sees team mate Fernando Alonso as just another competitor, dispelling the notion the Spaniard is a mentor for the Belgian charger. Vandoorne endured a troubled start to his first full season of Formula 1, hindered in the first half of the season by Honda's reliability woes and by an inability to extract the most out of his MCL32 compared to his prestigious team mate. The 25-year-old put his head down and improved his driving over the summer, eventually performing on a par with Alonso. Vandoorne denied however that his relationship was comparable to that of Lance Stroll and Felipe Massa at Williams, insisting teh two-time world champion was not his mentor. Alonso...
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