News Details

Vergne recalls heartbreak of losing F1 drive and dire straits

Former Red Bull junior Jean-Eric Vergne has revealed that his exit from F1 at the end of 2014 left him with shattered dreams and in financial ruin. As a member of the Red Bull Junior Team, Vergne raced through motorsport's junior ranks to graduate to F1 with Toro Rosso in 2012, spending three seasons with the Faenza-based squad. Good results were few and far between however for JEV who watched teammates Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat step up to Red Bull Racing while he was dropped from the energy drink's programme at the end of 2014. Marko: Vergne success in Formula E won't reopen door to F1 The 29-year-old Frenchman, now a happy double champion in Formula E, remembers the personal...
Full Story »
5y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Marko shuts door on Vergne's F1 future with Red Bull

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has all but ruled out a return to Formula 1...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Marko: Vergne success in Formula E won't reopen door...

Red Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko says the success achieved in...
5y ago from F1i.com

Vergne: I felt like a robot being a Red Bull driver

Former Toro Rosso driver Jean-Eric Vergne does not sound keen on a...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

'Drive to Survive': Netflix sets release date set for...

Formula 1 has confirmed the release date for the second season of the...
5y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Motorsport Week's Top 10 MotoGP riders of 2025

The 2025 MotoGP season had it all. With 22 rounds and 44 races, the...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Three points, and a little extra, up for grabs against...

Morning all. Arsenal are in Premier League action this afternoon, when...
40m ago from Arseblog.com

Chelsea rival Arsenal & Man Utd for 30m wonderkid...

Chelsea are reportedly showing an interest in highly-rated Rennes...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Mikel Arteta eyes rising star as next big Arsenal...

Arsenal are hoping to sign the AC Milan defender, Davide Bartesaghi.  The...
15h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Wage demand sparks transfer frenzy, Arsenal want...

Juventus attacker Kenan Yildiz continues to be with the move away from the...
16h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Arvid Lindblad handed 'special' Red Bull drive

Arvid Lindblad has received a 'special' Red Bull... Read More »
20m ago from GPFans.com

Is Piastri shopping around for a new drive?

Oscar Piastri may be looking for another drive,... Read More »
1h ago from GrandPrix247.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.