Stoffel Vandoorne

For Stoffel Vandoorne, it was only really a matter of 'when' he'd race in Formula 1 than 'if'. The young Belgian ascendance through the junior single-seater ranks has been utterly emphatic - and equally assured. Let's look back at his credentials: In 2013, at Monza, he stunned his championship rivals by winning his first-ever World Series by Renault 3.5 race. He followed it up a year later, in Bahrain, by winning his first-ever race in GP2. It's an absolutely unique double - no other driver has matched him. In 2015, his second season in GP2, he stamped his authority on the championship with a performance so dominant that he rewrote the series' record books. He secured the title with four races remaining, rounding out his two GP2 seasons with more race victories, points and podium finishes than any other driver in the championship's history - which, lest one forgets, has also seen the talents of Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg and Nico Hulkenberg. Last year, he dovetailed his role as Mc