Stoffel Vandoorne was initially scheduled to arrive in Bahrain only on Saturday. The Belgian was in Japan to take part in Super Formula pre-season testing when he received a late call up from McLaren-Honda to replace the injured Fernando Alonso. We bet Vandoorne did not mind the program change.

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