LIGHTS TO FLAG: Stoffel Vandoorne on his unexpected F1 debut, partnering Fernando Alonso at McLaren and becoming a world champion

Stoffel Vandoorne was considered one of motorsport’s most extremely rated younger drivers when he made his F1 debut with McLaren, first as a stand-in for the injured Fernando Alonso after which because the two-time champion’s workforce mate. In our newest Lights to Flag function, the Belgian racer opens up on his journey to the highest echelon, why it didn’t fairly go to plan when he received there and the success that’s adopted in different classes…

From kitchens to karting

Vandoorne was born in Kortrijk, West Flanders in March 1992, with an introduction to motorsport coming on the native indoor World Karts centre when he was round 5 years outdated because of a connection between his father, Patrick, and the monitor proprietor.