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Vandoorne: 'Alonso always got what he wanted at McLaren'

Former McLaren driver Stoffel Vandoorne has revealed his then-teammate Fernando Alonso was always in full control at the Woking-based team and "got what he wanted", as the Belgian will start the new Formula E season this weekend. The 2015 GP2 champion did a stint in Super Formula before substituting in at McLaren for the 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix for the injured Alonso. He out-qualified and our-traced Jenson Button in the other McLaren as he finished 10th, making him the first reserve driver to score points on his debut since Sebastian Vettel. The talent got given a seat for 2017 next to Alonso but never lived up to the hype around him when he came into the sport. He competed...
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