McLaren racing director Eric Boullier says competing in Japan's Super Formula class would be a "good preparation" for Stoffel Vandoorne before stepping up to Formula 1.Vandoorne romped to the 2015 GP2 title, but with F1 world champions Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button sticking around, McLaren has no room to promote...

Stoffel Vandoorne is closing on a deal to combine a racing campaign in Japan's Super Formula with his McLaren Formula 1 reserve role in 2016.The GP2 champion did a day's testing for the Honda-powered Team Dandelion Racing Super Formula squad at Suzuka last month (pictured), achieving the eighth-quickest time among...

McLaren Formula 1 junior driver and GP2 champion Stoffel Vandoorne was eighth fastest during the first day of this week's Japanese Super Formula test at Suzuka. The Belgian, who wrapped up the GP2 crown with two events to spare during the Russian Grand Prix weekend, drove for the Honda-powered Team...