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Vandoorne not sure of McLaren drive in 2017

Stoffel Vandoorne has revealed that there is no guarantee he will step into a Formula 1 race cockpit for 2017. The Belgian was dominant in GP2 last year and is strongly backed by McLaren, but the British team's last protege Kevin Magnussen has been left without a place in F1 at all. Vandoorne, 23, told reporters in a teleconference that it is wrong to compare the two drivers, 'I think we're both very different and our positions are quite different.' And added, 'Kevin was a reserve driver for a season without a lot of track time, and hopefully in my case that will be quite a bit different.' Indeed, Vandoorne is close to securing a Honda-powered race seat in the top Japanese series Super...
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