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'''Stoffel Vandoorne''' (born 26 March 1992) is a professional [[Auto racing|racing driver]] from [[Belgium]], currently competing in the [[GP2 Series]] with [[ART Grand Prix]].<ref name="Fortec 3.5">{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104914|title=Stoffel Vandoorne takes Frijns' place at Fortec for FR3.5 season|work=[[Autosport]]|publisher=[[Haymarket Media Group|Haymarket Publications]]|first=Matt|last=Beer|date=21 December 2012|accessdate=22 December 2012}}</ref> He is also a reserve driver for the [[McLaren]] [[Formula One]] team. Vandoorne also raced in ''[[rFactor]]'' Formula SimRacing at the 2011 and 2012 seasons.
'''Stoffel Vandoorne''' (born 26 March 1992) is a professional [[Auto racing|racing driver]] from [[Belgium]], currently competing in the [[GP2 Series]] with [[ART Grand Prix]].<ref name="Fortec 3.5">{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104914|title=Stoffel Vandoorne takes Frijns' place at Fortec for FR3.5 season|work=[[Autosport]]|publisher=[[Haymarket Media Group|Haymarket Publications]]|first=Matt|last=Beer|date=21 December 2012|accessdate=22 December 2012}}</ref> He was reserve driver for the [[McLaren]] [[Formula One]] team in 2014. Vandoorne also raced in ''[[rFactor]]'' Formula SimRacing at the 2011 and 2012 seasons.


==Career==
==Career==

Revision as of 15:12, 12 December 2014

Stoffel Vandoorne
Vandoorne in 2013.
Nationality Belgian
Born (1992-03-26) 26 March 1992 (age 32)
Kortrijk, Belgium
GP2 Series career
Debut season2014
Current teamART Grand Prix
Car number10
Starts22
Championships0
Wins4
Poles4
Fastest laps3
Best finish2nd (229 pts) in 2014
Previous series
2013
2011-12
2011-12
2010
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
F4 Eurocup 1.6
Championship titles
2012
2010
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
F4 Eurocup 1.6

Stoffel Vandoorne (born 26 March 1992) is a professional racing driver from Belgium, currently competing in the GP2 Series with ART Grand Prix.[1] He was reserve driver for the McLaren Formula One team in 2014. Vandoorne also raced in rFactor Formula SimRacing at the 2011 and 2012 seasons.

Career

Karting

Born in Kortrijk, Vandoorne began his karting career in 1998 at age six, and ten years later won the Belgian KF2 Championship. In 2009 he finished as runner-up in the CIK-FIA World Cup in the KF2 category.[2]

Formula Renault

In 2010, Vandoorne moved up to single-seater racing, joining the F4 Eurocup 1.6 series.[3] He went on to win the series on his first attempt, finishing the season with six wins and three podium finishes.[4]

In 2011, he graduated to competing in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with Kurt Mollekens' KTR team.[5] He finished fifth overall, with one podium at the Hungaroring and another eight point-scoring finishes throughout the season.[6] He also participated in Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, where he finished third in the series' standings with eight podiums.[7]

For the 2012 season Vandoorne remained in the Eurocup, but left KTR to join Josef Kaufmann Racing.[8] He won the championship by ten points after a tight battle between himself and Red Bull backed Daniil Kvyat. Between them they won 11 of the 14 races and finished over 100 points ahead of their nearest challenger. Vandoorne finished the season with four wins and six podiums to his name. He also contested selected events in the Northern European Cup, where he won five of the seven races that he started, and finished on the podium in a sixth race.

In 2013, Vandoorne raced in Formula Renault 3.5, where he replaced 2012 champion Robin Frijns at Fortec Motorsport.[1] He finished runner-up to fellow McLaren young driver Kevin Magnussen with four wins and 10 podiums, including a victory at his home track of Spa-Francorchamps.

GP2 Series

In January 2014, it was confirmed that Vandoorne would make his debut in GP2, racing with ART. In the opening race at Bahrain, Vandoorne claimed his first victory of the season in the feature race. He followed this up with four consecutive pole positions, three more wins at the Hungaroring, Monza and Yas Marina and six additional podiums. Despite being a rookie, he finished runner-up to 2014 champion Jolyon Palmer.

Formula One

In February 2013, Vandoorne joined McLaren's Young Driver Programme,[9] under the tutelage of his manager Richard Goddard, in collaboration with the team's sporting director Sam Michael and its head of communications Matt Bishop, to whom Vandoorne had been introduced in 2011 by Alex Wurz.[10][11]

In January 2014 he was announced as a third driver for McLaren F1 also taking up driving duties in the GP2 Series for ART Grand Prix.[12]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2010 F4 Eurocup 1.6 Autosport Academy 14 6 5 4 9 151 1st
2011 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 KTR 14 0 0 0 1 93 5th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 14 0 3 0 8 328 3rd
2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Josef Kaufmann Racing 14 4 6 3 11 244 1st
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 7 5 4 5 6 176 9th
2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Fortec Motorsport 17 4 3 2 10 214 2nd
2014 GP2 Series ART Grand Prix 22 4 4 3 10 229 2nd

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos. Points
2013 Fortec Motorsports MNZ
1

1
MNZ
2

3
ALC
1

8
ALC
2

3
MON
1

9
SPA
1

13
SPA
2

1
MSC
1

1
MSC
2

1
RBR
1

Ret
RBR
2

Ret
HUN
1

4
HUN
2

2
LEC
1

2
LEC
2

Ret
CAT
1

3
CAT
2

2
2nd 214

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2014 ART Grand Prix BHR
FEA

1
BHR
SPR

22
ESP
FEA

13
ESP
SPR

10
MON
FEA

14
MON
SPR

13
AUT
FEA

2
AUT
SPR

15
GBR
FEA

3
GBR
SPR

9
GER
FEA

2
GER
SPR

3
HUN
FEA

7
HUN
SPR

1
BEL
FEA

2
BEL
SPR

6
ITA
FEA

1
ITA
SPR

13
RUS
FEA

5
RUS
SPR

2
ABU
FEA

1
ABU
SPR

5
2nd 229

References

  1. ^ a b Beer, Matt (21 December 2012). "Stoffel Vandoorne takes Frijns' place at Fortec for FR3.5 season". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Stoffel Career History". stoffelvandoorne.com. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  3. ^ "F4 Eurocup 1.6 2010 drivers". F4 Eurocup 1.6. Auto Sport Academy. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  4. ^ "F4 Eurocup 1.6 2010". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Vandoorne debut with KTR". ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. 31 October 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2011". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2011". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  8. ^ "Vandoorne vise le titre avec Kaufmann". AUTOhebdo (in French). Groupe Hommell. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ O'Leary, Jamie (18 February 2013). "Stoffel Vandoorne joins McLaren F1 Young Driver Programme". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  10. ^ "Q&A-with-McLaren-Young-Driver-Stoffel-Vandoorne". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  11. ^ "Q&A with McLaren Young Driver: Stoffel Vandoorne". mclaren.com. 27 August 2013.
  12. ^ "Stoffel Vandoorne officieel reserverijder voor McLaren F1". Autosport.be (in Dutch). {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
Sporting positions
Preceded by F4 Eurocup 1.6
Champion

2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Champion

2012
Succeeded by

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