Boullier: “Vandoorne, a probable new Alonso”

As often happens in sport, of whatever type, at the first good performance we shout about a new "number 1" and this is what happened at the end of the Bahrain GP with Vadoorne and his tenth place deservedly clawed at the end of an honest and clean race with the limp McLaren-Honda.

“There is still work to do but it was still the protagonist of a spectacular weekend. He made no mistakes, he quickly adapted to the many knobs and buttons on the steering wheel and always remained calm” – the racing director's opinion Eric boullier at Mundo Deportivo.

“Today we have a generation of young, aggressive pilots capable of taking the place of veterans. Stoffel is part of these and will certainly be a new Alonso or a new Button” – he underlined while remaining silent on the possibility of a seat change with Jenson in 2017.

And the owner of Woking also expressed his opinion on the performance of the Belgian GP2 champion Fernando Alonso, stopped due to the aftermath of the Melbourne accident and present in Sakhir in a mentor version. “I didn't have to give him too much advice because he was able to carry out his task without problems and very well” – the Spaniard's feedback.

Chiara Rainis