Vandoorne remaining realistic after McLaren's Friday performance

Stoffel Vandoorne is staying firmly grounded despite McLaren's performance on Friday during practice. Vandoorne finished inside the top ten in free practice two but isn't allowing the result to raise expectations greatly going into Saturday.

The Belgian finished comfortably ahead of teammate Fernando Alonso after the Spaniard ran off the road and damaged his floor, requiring it to be replaced. Vandoorne however had a much smoother practice.

“It was a pretty busy day today,” he said.

The Belgian admitted however despite a positive start to the weekend, maintaining that level of performance on Saturday would be difficult for the team and that he wasn't setting expectations too high just yet.