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Vandoorne makes a splash at Magny-Cours

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While most people are taking a well-earned breather after the hectic back-to-back action in Spielberg and Silverstone, not everyone in Formula 1 has been able to put their feet up and relax this week.

Hard at work on Wednesday was McLaren's Stoffel Vandoorne, who was at Magny-Cours with Pirelli. They were working on testing the 2018 full wet weather compound. Vandoorne had the circuit to himself and completed 135 laps during the day. He and the team will be back on track on Thursday for another day of testing before packing up.

Meanwhile Antonio Giovinazzi and Lance Stroll were also both in action with Pirelli. They were at Silverstone, continuing the tyre testing they had begun on Tuesday. The Haas and Williams drivers completed 103 laps between them on their second day. Unlike the first - which had been warm and dry - they got a taste of rain during Wednesday which meant they too were able to try out intermediate and wet tyres as well as the slicks.

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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