Stoffel Vandoorne’s decision to move into Formula E for the series’ fifth season was driven by a desire to link up with a manufacturer following his e🎐ꦓxit from Formula 1.

Vandoorne made his final F1 start for McLaren in Abu Dhabi aft𒁃er being dropped from the team’s line-up for 2019, with the Belgian opting to move into Formula E.

Vandoorne will race for HWA Racelab in the 2018-19 season, which will evolve into the Mercedes factory Formula E team for Season 6. Vandoorne will also work with Mercedes’ F1 operation in 2019, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:becoming its simulator driver.

Asked by wuqian0821.com about his move into Formula E, Vandoorne stressed the importance of finding a link to a manufacturer after losing his F1 seat, 💯with Mercedes’ plans proving particularly attractive.

“I think I꧙ had a lot of discussions with Toto [Wolff, Mercedes’ head of motorsport] and their whole project, Mercedes, was very attractive,” Vandoorne said.

“I think f๊or me what was important is to be involved with a manufacturer. I think to be linke💯d with Mercedes and to work on that kind of level was extremely attractive.

“I had the opportunity to go there, I didn’t really doubt about that, and I’m sure that w꧋e can be c♍ompetitive in the future.

“When Mercedes sign up for something, they always do it properly, so I’m🌟 100 percent sure they’ll put a lot of effort into that program as well, which is very exciti🦋ng.”

Vandoorne will make his Formula E debut next week at th🐬e Ad Diriyah E-Prix in Saudi Arabia, racing alongside Mercedes DTM champion Gary Paffett for HWA.