News Details

Vandoorne: 'Don't compare me to Hamilton'

 XPB Images McLaren rookie Stoffel Vandoorne doesn't want to be compared to Lewis Hamilton, or to any other driver for that matter. The 24-year-old Belgian, who made his Grand Prix debut with McLaren last year in Bahrain, is on the eve of his first full season of Formula 1, and finds himself in a context similar to the one which Hamilton faced in 2007. He'll certainly have his work cut out for him, both in terms of delivering results to McLaren and in terms of performance relative to team mate Fernando Alonso, but Vandoorne says he is fully aware of the challenge ahead. "I do not want to be Hamilton," Vandoorne reportedly told La Gazzetta. "I want to be Vandoorne...
Full Story »
8y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Magnussen: Vandoorne must learn from Alonso

According to Kevin Magnussen, Stoffel Vandoorne will have the ideal...
8y ago from PlanetF1.com

Vandoorne confident he is ready for F1 challenge

Stoffel Vandoorne believes he has prepared extremely well for his debut...

The top ten most read news stories of 2016

The year is almost over! We've collected our top ten most read...
8y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Alonso is Vandoorne’s ‘worst enemy’ in 2017 –...

Alonso is Vandoorne's ‘worst enemy' in 2017 – Ickx Stoffel...
8y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Kirkwood relieved to be rid of ‘street course...

Until this weekend at World Wide Technology Raceway, all of Kyle...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Rasmussen passes most cars in Sunday night’s IndyCar...

Christian Rasmussen put on a show for fans Sunday night, passing more...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar Gateway – Race Results

The NTT IndyCar Series made a trip to the St. Louis area for the first...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: Arsenal dealt further blow amid 'frustrations'...

Arsenal reportedly look to have been dealt a further blow in their...
21m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Lack of noise, no lack of action & two months is...

As much as I hate to be the bearer of bad news, Andrew actually isn't back...
31m ago from Arseblog.com

Report: Arsenal give firm response after Euro giants...

Arsenal reportedly received an enquiry recently from AC Milan over the...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

19-year-old star ready to join Liverpool despite...

Ajax star Jorrel Hato is open to a move to Premier League champions...
10h 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.