News Details

Stoffel Vandoorne: 'Our Pace Is Not Strong Enough'

Stoffel Vandoorne has conceded that for his McLaren F1 Team to score points at the 2018 French Grand Prix, they would have needed 'a fair bit of luck' as the team continue to struggle with the pace of their car. Vandoorne had qualified a dismal eighteenth, just two places shy of his Le Mans winning team-mate Fernando Alonso. While the Spaniard spent much of the race at the rear of the field, Vandoorne was at least able to pass a couple of cars towards the end of the race to finish twelfth. “For us to finish in the points would have required a fair bit of luck,' said Vandoorne. 'We knew that, if no other cars got into trouble, points would be tough for us – and so it proved to be....
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Paul Ricard Will 'Provide Some Great Racing' –...

As one of few current Formula 1 drivers to have experienced the Circuit...

Romain Grosjean: My stretch of bad luck is 'painful'

  Romain Grosjean is willing his stretch of bad luck to come to an...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Magnussen: Paul Ricard will be "different"...

Haas’ Kevin Magnussen will be looking to score some solid points in...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

Fernando Alonso happy with '8-0' advantage over...

Fernando Alonso says he is happy with his own performance, again...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu switches to...

After years of speculation, two-time WorldSBK champion Toprak...

Pedro Acosta admits fourth at Aragon MotoGP ‘not...

Despite matching his best result of the 2025 MotoGP season, Pedro Acosta...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Nicolo Bulega agrees Ducati WorldSBK contract...

Ducati announces Nicolo Bulega has signed new contract which sees him...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Louis Foster gains new sponsor for rest of IndyCar...

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing rookie Louis Foster will sport a new look...

Santino Ferrucci issued post-race penalty but keeps...

The NTT IndyCar Series has issued a penalty to the #14 entry of Santino...

Louis Foster reveals likely cause of scary 180MPH...

On lap 84 of Sunday’s Detroit Grand Prix, Louis Foster was involved in...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'It appears' Arsenal are set to finalise 'fantastic'...

Arsenal appear set to complete the signing of Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

New: Arsenal ready to walk away from Sesko talks,...

Arsenal have set a deadline for the Benjamin Sesko transfer negotiations...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal column: What's holding up Benjamin Sesko...

Benjamin Sesko signs are positive, but it's not done yet Another week has...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Furious Manchester United and Arsenal target rejects...

Viktor Gyokeres has reportedly rejected a stunning contract from the Saudi...
6h ago from SportsKeeda.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.