Stoffel Vandoorne

Stoffel Vandoorne
Vandoorne in 2013.
Nationality	Belgian
Born	(1992-03-26) 26 March 1992 Kortrijk (Belgium)
2014 GP2 Series
Debut season	2014
Current team	ART Grand Prix
Car no.	9
Starts	0
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
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 Formula Renault 3.5 Series with Fortec Motorsport.^[1]

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 next season Vandoorne remained in the Eurocup, but left KTR to join Josef Kaufmann Racing.^[8] He won the championship by ten points, finishing 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 with four wins and 10 podiums, including a victory at his home track of Spa-Francorchamps.

Formula One

In February 2013, Vandoorne joined McLaren's Young Driver Programme.^[9] 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. ^[10]

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

References

External links

• Official website
• Career details from Driver Database

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