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Vandoorne confirms McLaren reserve role for 2016

Stoffel Vandoorne has confirmed reports he will officially replace the ousted Kevin Magnussen as McLaren reserve driver next year. Actually, we learned the news almost three weeks ago, after asking a source close to the British team if the 23-year-old Belgian and new GP2 champion would replace Magnussen in 2016. 'Yup,' the source said in late October. Since then, it has emerged that the McLaren junior, who as champion cannot simply stay in GP2 next year, might split his time in 2016 between attending grands prix and racing in the Japanese open-wheel series Super Formula. 'There's definitely some options and we're talking about them,' Vandoorne said on Tuesday. 'I'm going to be test and...
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