Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 31 ga Maris, 2016, an sanar da cewa Vandoorne zai maye gurbin direba na yau da kullun Fernando Alonso a Bahrain Grand Prix
bayan da aka yanke hukuncin cewa Ba'spanish din ba zai iya tuka mota ba sakamakon wani mummunan hadari a zagayen da ya gabata. Bayan cancanta na 12 a gaban Jenson Button, Vandoorne ya gama na 10 kuma ya zama dan wasan ajiya na farko da ya zira kwallaye a karon farko tun lokacin da Sebastian Vettel a gasar Grand Prix ta Amurka ta 2007.