Stoffel Vandoorne has said the stats between himself and team-mate Fernando Alonso do not tell the “full story” between the McLaren duo.

The Belgian has been out-qualified by Alonso in every race weekend so far and it would have been a clean sweep for Alonso in race results too had he not suffered a gearbox problem and a DNF in Monaco last time out.

But Vandoorne has insisted that he is very close matched with his team-mate and the numbers do not give the clearest picture of their team-mate battle.

“I don’t think [the stats] tell the whole story,” Vandoorne said in the drivers’ press conference.