Vandoorne offered IndyCar drive for 2019

  • Published on 22 Sep 2018 11:48
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  • By: Harry Mattocks

Dale Coyne Racing has approached Stoffel Vandoorne over an IndyCar drive for next season, according to team boss Dale Coyne. The F1 future of the former GP2 champion looks bleak, as he has been dropped by McLaren in favour of young Brit Lando Norris for next season.

Vandoorne has said at the Singapore Grand Prix that IndyCar was an option for him, but a drive for McLaren would depend on the team's 2019 plans. He may also have been put off by Robert Wickens's serious crash that left him in hospital with numerous injuries.

Dale Coyne is also in talks with their 2017 drivers, Santino Ferrucci and Pietro Fittipaldi. If rumours are true, Stoffel Vandoorne is not the only driver who has sparked the interest of IndyCar teams, with Esteban Ocon reportedly a target.

Coyne said: "We've talked to him, although I don't know where it will lead, if anywhere. But I'd say he's cautiously interested."

Asked if the Robert Wickens crash had affected drivers interest, he said: "It's affected all of us, hasn't it? People understand about laying it all on the line for the Indy 500 and everything that comes with it. But racing in front of 12,000 people at 220mph at some of these other tracks, it's fair to ask what we're doing, why we're doing it."

A pity he and Ocon look set to get ditched, but it is what it is.

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  • Sep 22 2018 - 13:24

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  • A pity he and Ocon look set to get ditched, but it is what it is.

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    • Sep 22 2018 - 13:24
  • It's a tremendous opportunity for Indy of they play their cards right. I hope Stoffel does it, same with Ocon and Alonso.

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    • Sep 22 2018 - 16:16
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    What if Alonso, Vandoorne, Ocon, Wehrlein and Rosenqvist ends up in Indy next year? I'll be switching over to watch Indy..

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    • Sep 22 2018 - 23:01

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