Fernando Alonso believes his current performance advantage over McLaren teammate Stoffel Vandoorne shows he's enjoyed as strong a start to a season as ever in his Formula 1 career. Vandoorne amassed a superb resume of titles and race wins during his junior career and impressed on his F1 debut as Alonso's stand-in at Bahrain last year – but the Belgian has struggled to match Alonso since his promotion to a full-time McLaren race seat for 2017. While both are yet to score points amid McLaren-Honda's troubled start to the campaign, Alonso has outpaced Vandoorne six out of six times in qualifying so far. The Belgian is yet to advance from Q1 when competing alongside Alonso, and has trailed...
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