Stoffel Vandoorne

Stoffel Vandoorne

Nation:	Belgium
Formula 1 world championship
Start number :	2
First start:	2016 Bahrain Grand Prix
Last start:	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2018
Constructors
2016-2018  McLaren
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-16. ( 2017 , 2018 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 41 - - -
World Cup points :	26th
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Stoffel Vandoorne (born March 26, 1992 in Kortrijk ) is a Belgian racing driver . He won the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup in 2012 . In 2013 he started in Formula Renault 3.5 and finished second overall. In 2014 and 2015 he competed in the GP2 series , which he won in 2015. In 2016 he drove in the Super Formula and also made his debut in Formula 1 , in which he started as a regular driver for McLaren in 2017 and 2018 . Vandoorne has been competing in Formula E since the end of 2018 and has also been a substitute driver in Formula 1 for the Mercedes factory team since 2019 .

Career

Vandoorne began his motorsport career in 1998 in kart racing , in which he was active until 2009. Among other things, he was Belgian KF2 champion in 2008 and second in the KF2-CIK-FIA karting world championship in 2009 . In 2010 Vandoorne switched to formula racing and won the F4 Eurocup 1.6 with six wins with 159 to 123 points ahead of Norman Nato .

In 2011 Vandoorne competed for KTR in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup . With a third place as the best result, he reached fifth place in the drivers' standings and was the best-placed driver without a win. In addition, Vandoorne drove for KRT in the northern European Formula Renault . There, too, Vandoorne was the best driver who did not win a race. With four second places as the best results, he finished the season in third place in the drivers' championship. In 2012 Vandoorne switched to Josef Kaufmann Racing . He almost had a perfect weekend at the Nürburgring . He achieved both pole positions , won both races and set the fastest race lap once. It was his two first victories in the Eurocup. Overall, Vandoorne won four races and only finished the last race in which he was eliminated, not among the top four drivers. With 244 to 234 points, he prevailed against Daniil Kwjat . The two had each scored more than twice as many points as all other opponents. In addition, Vandoorne completed three events of the Northern European Formula Renault. He won five out of seven races. In the overall standings, he was ninth.

In 2013 Vandoorne switched to Fortec Motorsport in Formula Renault 3.5 . In doing so, he followed the same path as last year's champion Robin Frijns , who had also switched to Fortec Motorsport in the Formula Renault 3.5 after winning the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. In addition, Vandoorne received a sponsorship contract with the Formula 1 racing team McLaren . He won in Monza and Spa-Francorchamps and both races at the Moscow Raceway . With ten podium finishes and 214 points, he was at the end of the season behind Kevin Magnussen , who was also in the McLaren promotional squad and had reached 274 points, in second place. Within the team, Vandoorne clearly prevailed against Oliver Webb , who was 15th with 27 points. In addition, Vandoorne took part in two races in the FIA GT series in a McLaren for Boutsen Ginion Racing in 2013 , making his debut in GT racing.

In 2014 Vandoorne received a cockpit in the GP2 series at the ART Grand Prix . In his debut race in as-Sachir he achieved his first GP2 victory. After two events without points, Vandoorne always managed to be on the podium in at least one race at the next race weekends. After winning the sprint race in Mogyoród , Vandoorne dueled Raffaele Marciello for victory in the main race at Spa-Francorchamps in the rain and came second. At the next main race in Monza , he won again. In the following main race in Sochi , Vandoorne was the dominant driver. He started from pole position and led the race for long stretches. However, since there was a safety car phase and Vandoorne missed the pit entrance before it, he had no chance of winning because he still had to complete his mandatory pit stop. He finally crossed the finish line in fifth place. At the subsequent season finale on Yas Island , Vandoorne won his fourth GP2 race in the main race. He finished his debut season in second place. With 229 to 276 points he was behind Jolyon Palmer . Within the team, Vandoorne prevailed clearly against Takuya Izawa , who had scored 26 points. In addition, Vandoorne was a substitute driver for the Formula 1 racing team McLaren. In 2015 , Vandoorne completed his second GP2 season for ART Grand Prix. In the first races in as-Sachir , Barcelona , Monte Carlo and Spielberg , he won the main races. He also finished second in three sprint races. At the next two events he came third and second. He then won the main race in Spa-Francorchamps . Two podium finishes followed in Monza and one more in Sochi . Vandoorne had already been confirmed as the new GP2 champion two events before the end of the season. He won again at the next two main races in as-Sachir and on Yas Island . Vandoorne achieved seven wins and a total of 16 podiums in 21 races. At the end of the season he was with 341.5 points well ahead of the overall runner-up Alexander Rossi with 181.5 points. Vandoorne also remained a Formula 1 test driver with McLaren.

In 2016 Vandoorne switched to Dandelion Racing in the Super Formula in Japan. The commitment came about with the support of McLarens engine partner Honda , who also equip Dandelion. He won in Mimasaka and Suzuka . As the best Honda driver, he finished the season in fourth championship place. In addition, Vandoorne was a reserve driver at McLaren in the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship . In this role he made his Formula 1 debut at the Bahrain Grand Prix instead of the injured regular driver Fernando Alonso . With tenth place, he immediately achieved a point.

Vandoorne during formula test drives in the McLaren in Barcelona 2017

In the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship he was a regular driver at McLaren alongside Alonso. He chose number 2 as his permanent starting number after using the number 47 backup driver on his debut. At the end of the season he finished 16th overall. In 2018 , Vandoorne stayed with McLaren. At the end of the season he was again on the 16th championship course. For the following year he received no contract as a regular driver in the Formula 1 World Championship.

For the FIA Formula E Championship 2018/19 , Vandoorne received a cockpit from HWA Racelab . With a third place as the best result, he finished 16th in the drivers' standings with 35 points. With a third place he also finished seventh in the overall ranking of the voestalpine European Races , in which only podium places in the races on the European continent were taken into account. In addition, he became a simulator pilot for the Mercedes Formula 1 team .

statistics

Career stations

1998–2009: karting 2010: F4 Eurocup 1.6 (champion) 2011: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (5th place) 2011: Northern European Formula Renault (3rd place) 2012: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (champion) 2012: Northern European Formula Renault (9th place)

2013 : Formula Renault 3.5 (2nd place) 2013 : FIA GT series , GT Pro 2014 : GP2 series (2nd place) 2014 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2015 : GP2 series (champions) 2015 : Formula 1 (test driver)

2016 : Super Formula (4th place) 2016 : Formula 1 (20th place) 2017 : Formula 1 (16th place) 2018 : Formula 1 (16th place) 2019: 24 Hours of Le Mans (3rd place) 2019: Formula E (16th place) 2020: Formula E (2nd place) 2020 : Formula 1 (test driver)

Individual results in the GP2 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	Points	rank
2014	ART Grand Prix	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		229	2.
		1	22nd	13	10	14th	13	2	15th	3	9	2	3	7th	1	2	6th	1	13	5	2	1	5
2015	ART Grand Prix	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE		341.5	1.
		1	2	1	2	1	8th	1	2	3	9	5	2	1	4th	2	3	3	4th	1	2	1	C.

Individual results in the Super Formula

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	Points	rank
2016	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	Honda	SU1	OK1	FUJ	MOT	OK2		SUG	SU2		27	4th
			3	12	DNF	6th	1	7th	6th	17th	1

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

Status: end of season 2018

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
2016	McLaren Honda	McLaren MP4-31	Honda 1.6 V6 Turbo	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	20th
2017	McLaren Honda	McLaren MCL32	Honda 1.6 V6 Turbo	19th	-	-	-	-	-	13	16.
2018	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren MCL33	Renault 1.6 V6 Turbo	21st	-	-	-	-	-	12	16.
total				41	-	-	-	-	-	26th

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
2016
		10
2017
	13	DNF	DNS	14th	DNF	DNF	14th	12	12	11	10	14th	DNF	7th	7th	14th	12	12	DNF	12
2018
	9	8th	13	9	DNF	14th	16	12	15 *	11	13	DNF	15th	12	12	16	15th	11	8th	15th	14th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2018/19	HWA Racelab	TO YOU	MAR	SAN	MEX	HKG	SAY	ROME	PAR	MCO	BER	BRN	NYC					35	16.
		°16 °	°DNF °	°DNF °	°18 °	°DNF °	°DNF °	°3 °	°DNF °	°9 °	°5 °	°10 °	°13 °	°8 °

( Legend )

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2019	SMP Racing	BR Engineering BR1	Mikhail Alyoshin	Vitaly Petrov	Rank 3

Web links

Commons : Stoffel Vandoorne  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Website of Stoffel Vandoorne (English)
• Career statistics from Stoffel Vandoorne at driverdb.com (English)
• Career statistics from Stoffel Vandoorne at speedsport-magazine.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ “Stoffel”. (No longer available online.) Stoffelvandoorne.com, archived from the original on December 15, 2013 ; accessed on November 2, 2012 . 
2. ^ Robert Seiwert: "WS by Renault - Vandoorne replaces Frijns at Fortec". Consistent ascent. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 21, 2012, accessed January 23, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Norman Fischer: "McLaren brings Vandoorne into the youth program". Motorsport-Total.com, February 19, 2013, accessed February 28, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Peter Allen: “Vandoorne confirmed with ART for GP2 move”. paddockscout.com, January 23, 2014, accessed January 23, 2014 . 
5. ↑ Annika Kläsener: "Formula 1 - Vandoorne becomes replacement driver at McLaren". Cooperation between McLaren, Honda and ART? Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 23, 2014, accessed January 23, 2014 . 
6. ↑ Philipp Schajer: GP2 - Vandoorne stays with ART in 2015. Title the clear goal. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 14, 2015, accessed January 24, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Peter Allen: Stanaway wins Sochi sprint race as Vandoorne secures GP2 title. paddockscout.com, October 11, 2015, accessed October 11, 2015 . 
8. ↑ McLaren F1 reserve Stoffel Vandoorne seals Honda Super Formula seat. autosport.com, February 18, 2016, accessed March 31, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Fernando Alonso injured: No starting permit for Bahrain! Motorsport-Total.com, March 31, 2016, accessed March 31, 2016 .