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Vandoorne finding positives in a 'difficult weekend'

Stoffel Vandoorne managed to take some positives out of the Austrian Grand Prix, despite retiring with a gearbox problem whilst running at the tail of the field. Vandoorne's race was compromised on the opening lap, as he damaged his front wing when colliding with Pierre Gasly at Turn 3. To compound the Belgian's problems, a issue with his gearbox prolonged his premature pitstop and put him in the clutches of the frontrunners on his return to the track. The McLaren F1 Team driver dismissed the coming together with Gasly as 'a normal racing incident', explaining that he was powerless to avoid making contact with the Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda. Vandoorne also said that having to let the...
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