As mid-season car racing debuts go, few have been as impressive as Dries Van Langendonck’s British Formula 4 bow at Donington Park last weekend. It seems McLaren has another star on its hands as the Belgian celebrated his 15th birthday by immediately qualifying on pole and left Leicestershire as the category’s youngest-ever winner.
Van Langendonck may have enjoyed a glittering karting career and benefited from McLaren’s support, but it was still quite something for him to mark his debut with a pole. However, his weekend threatened to unravel from there as he failed to take advantage of his front-row start in the opener when he struggled to get off the line.
