Vandoorne joins Aston Martin as reserve driver

Aston Martin has introduced that Stoffel Vandoorne will be part of its driving roster 2023, alongside Brazil’s Felipe Drugovich as a take a look at and reserve driver.

The pair will dovetail duties throughout subsequent 12 months’s file 24-race calendar, with Vandoorne endeavor an intensive simulation and growth programme on the workforce’s Silverstone manufacturing facility.

Vandoorne, 30, dominated GP2, successful 11 races on his solution to the 2015 title, he began 41 Grands Prix with McLaren between 2016 and ’18, and, throughout three Components E seasons, he received three races and have become world champion in 2021/2022.

He’ll match his F1 commitments across the new Components E season, by which he’ll race for the DS Penske workforce in 2022/2023.

“It’s extremely thrilling to be stepping right into a reserve-driver function in Components One,” stated the Belgian, “and I am delighted to be doing it with Aston Martin. I’ve watched with nice curiosity how the workforce has developed and expanded operationally, and I understand how extremely decided it’s to make progress in each space.

“Becoming a member of Fernando, who I already know from my Components One racing profession, and Lance, to assist them develop and enhance subsequent 12 months’s automotive can be a terrific job, and I am actually wanting ahead to the problem – and reward – of working along with the entire organisation at Silverstone.”

“Stoffel has all of the capabilities we’d like for this new and expanded function throughout the workforce,” added Mike Krack, “he’s quick, analytical, hard-working and a improbable workforce participant, and can match completely into our rising organisation, working alongside our different take a look at driver, Felipe Drugovich.

“The entire workforce is vastly motivated for subsequent 12 months, and the appointment of Stoffel, alongside Fernando, Lance and Felipe, provides additional depth to our improbable driver line-up. This can be a big function for Stoffel, and we can be reliant on him to work arduous with each our monitor and simulation and engineering groups to enhance our efficiency for 2023 and past.”