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GP2 champ Vandoorne confident of 2016 F1 seat

Newly crowned GP2 Series champion Stoffel Vandoorne is confident he will be on the Formula 1 grid in 2016. The Belgian, 23, wrapped up the title in Russia last weekend with two rounds still to run, with many declaring it perhaps the most impressive GP2 campaign in history. But last year's GP2 champion, Lotus reserve Jolyon Palmer, failed to make the immediate step up to the F1 grid. And while Vandoorne is strongly backed by McLaren, the Woking team's F1 outfit has signed up Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button for 2016. McLaren also has a fourth driver, Kevin Magnussen, under contract, with team boss Eric Boullier saying recently: 'We expect the four of them to race (in 2016).' Vacancies,...
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