Bojan Vrbnjak
"I know there’s a chance I’d race, but now let’s wait first."It simply came to our notice then Stoffel vandoorne reacted to the question of whether he Mercedes for the race VN Sakhir appointed this weekend as a replacement for Lewis Hamilton, who will not be able to perform due to a positive coronavirus test.
Vandoorne, which is next to Esteban Gutierrez active as an official reserve silver arrow racer, he would be present at the race anyway, but not in a role to perform. He was still in yesterday Valencia, where it is also for Mercedes performed testing Formula E. "Either way, I’m flying to Bahrain. But at the moment I don’t know yet what will happen. I'll probably find out on the spot," so Belgian, which further issues that it is Mercedes already yesterday morning informed of the situation with Hamilton. "I received a notification around seven in the morning. The team informed me that Lewis was positive and that they want to officially confirm this an hour later. And then I waited first."
But so far he hasn’t given much thought to whether it will be like spare racer jumped into the position of a permanent racer or not. “Since I was focusing on my Formula E test, this had priority." If Vandoorne in Bahrain performed for Mercedes, this would not be the first time for him to replace a racer in the short term, because years 2016 is right here in To Sakhir performed instead Fernanda Alonso. And this successfully, as he scored one point as the tenth. In seasons 2017 in 2018 however, he was on the team from Woking teammate of the Spanish star.
In addition Vandoorne however, he is a candidate for replacement as well George Russell, young man Mercedesa, but the young Briton is currently active as a permanent member of the team Williams, making this scenario unlikely.
