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Vandoorne hopes 2017 rules bring back "normal" F1

McLaren recruit Stoffel Vandoorne hopes F1's 2017 ruleset brings back the real sensation of driving a Formula 1 car, admitting the previous year's machine didn't feel right compared to Super Formula. Vandoorne raced in the Japanese Super Formula championship full-time in 2016 while also performing reserve and test driver duties for McLaren F1. He stood in for Fernando Alonso behind the wheel of the McLaren MP4-31 in Bahrain and also tested the car during in-season test days at Barcelona and Silverstone. Having been promoted to a McLaren race seat for 2017 - the year for which the new rules are to make cars faster and harder to drive - Vandoorne admits going from Super Formula to 2016-spec...
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