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Boullier: Vandoorne's season below expectations

Much was expected from McLaren rookie Stoffel Vandoorne, but his first full season in Formula 1 has been below expectations of his boss Eric Boullier. The fact that McLaren and Honda are struggling due to a woeful power unit, does Vandoorne no favours. However he has been out-qualified 7-0 by Fernando Alonso, as well as Jenson Button on his one-off race at Monaco, while his race performances have hardly been earth shattering. When asked by Sky what he thought of Vandoorne's season to date, Boullier replied, 'Not as good as I was expecting. He's got a pretty high track record in the junior categories. He won everything that he went through like Lewis [Hamilton]. He's very talented.' 'We...
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