Vandoorne: I can bring "fresh ideas" to Mercedes

Stoffel Vandoorne believes that he can learn a lot from spending a year as a simulator driver with Mercedes, combined with his Formula E duties.

Vandoorne qualified fourth on his Formula E debut but didn’t have his best race, dropping down the field and out of the points.

The highly rated Belgian suffered two difficult years with McLaren in Formula One and was dropped at the end of 2018 to be replaced by rookie Lando Norris.

Vandoorne is excited by the opportunity to be part of the Mercedes team, and told the F1 official website: "That's an exciting part for me as well, to still be involved in the F1 world and to be with the world champions. For me, it will be a very interesting move.