Formula E | Mercedes, Wolff: “We want to show that Vandoorne has everything to be a successful driver”

Mercedes has one goal: to relaunch the career of Stoffel vandoorne. After only two seasons in McLaren, the 26-year-old Belgian will be without a seat in Formula 1 next year, replaced in Woking by the young Lando Norris: penalized greatly by a single-seater that has not lived up to expectations in this two-year period, Vandoorne will try to rebuild his reputation in Formula E with HWA, a Mercedes-affiliated team.

Interviewed by the broadcaster RTBF, Toto wolff, executive director of the German company, expressed himself in these terms on Vandoorne: “I don't know when things started going in the wrong direction for him. He has won practically every championship in which he has participated. He arrived in Formula 1 with this record and I can't understand why things didn't work out.".

In short, the Formula E could be the right category to start again: “My ambition is to prove that Stoffel has everything it takes to be a successful driver. He will do Formula E with us, which is very important for Mercedes. So we'll see how he goes." – concluded Wolff.

It is also rumored that Vandoorne will have the opportunity to do some simulator work for the Mercedes Formula 2019 team in 1.