Jean-Éric Vergne

Jean-Éric Vergne

Nation:	France
Formula 1 world championship
Start number :	25th
First start:	2012 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2014
Constructors
2012-2014  Toro Rosso
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-13. ( 2014 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 58 - - -
World Cup points :	51
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Jean-Éric Vergne (born April 25, 1990 in Pontoise ) is a French racing driver . In 2010 he won the British Formula 3 . In 2010 and 2011 he competed in Formula Renault 3.5 , where he finished second in the drivers' championship in 2011. From 2012 to 2014 he competed in Formula 1 for Scuderia Toro Rosso . He has been competing in the FIA Formula E championship since 2014 , where he won the drivers' championship in 2017/18 and 2018/19 .

Career

Beginnings in motorsport (2001-2011)

Vergne began his motorsport career in karting in 2001 , where he was active until 2006. Among other things, he was seventh in the 2006 Formula A karting world championship and runner-up in the French championship. 2007 changed Vergne in Formula racing and entered in the French Formula Renault on campus. With six wins and another four podium finishes, he secured the championship title in his first season. In 2008 Vergne switched to SG Formula and competed for his team in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and in the Western European Formula Renault. Although he didn't win a race, he was the best newcomer in both series. In the Western European Formula Renault, he finished fourth and won the French Formula Renault title, which was awarded to the best French in this championship. He finished sixth in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. In 2009, Vergne stayed in both championships and was runner-up behind Albert Costa with a total of seven wins in both series .

In 2010 Vergne switched to the British Formula 3 Championship , where he competed for Carlin . He made a strong debut with two wins on the first race weekend. In Spa-Francorchamps , Vergne managed to win all three races. With a total of 13 victories, after 24 of 30 races, he became the first Frenchman to win the British Formula 3 Championship. He is the third Red Bull Junior and Carlin driver in a row to win this title. In addition, it was planned that he for SG Formula in the 2010 season of Formula Renault 3.5 was supposed to start. However, SG Formula withdrew from Formula Renault 3.5 a week before the start of the season. Instead, he started the GP3 series for Tech 1 Racing on two race weekends of the 2010 season and finished 17th overall. From the seventh race weekend of the 2010 season, there was finally a commitment in the Formula Renault 3.5. After Brendon Hartley had to vacate his cockpit at Tech 1 Racing, Vergne was signed as a replacement for the remaining six races. Already at the second race weekend at Silverstone he achieved his first victory. He benefited from the disqualification of Esteban Guerrieri , who finished before him. He was on the podium in a total of four races and finished the season ahead of his predecessor Hartley in eighth place overall. In November, Vergne, who has been supported by Red Bull and the FFSA since late 2007 , completed his first Formula 1 test for Scuderia Toro Rosso .

Jean-Éric Vergne for Carlin in the Formula Renault 3.5 at Le Castellet 2011

In 2011 , Vergne competed for Carlin in the Formula Renault 3.5 as a team-mate of Robert Wickens . In Spa-Francorchamps and Le Castellet he decided one race each and at the Hungaroring both races for himself. Vergne achieved a total of nine podium finishes. At the end of the season he lost to Wickens with 232 to 241 points and was runner-up. On Alexander Rossi , the third place, he had a lead of 76 points. In addition, Vergne took part in some Friday Formula 1 training sessions for Toro Rosso. In the Young Driver Days of Formula 1 he came for Red Bull Racing used and generated at each of the three days the fastest time.

Formula 1 (2012-2014)

In 2012 , Vergne competed in Formula 1 for Toro Rosso together with Daniel Ricciardo . In his debut race in Australia he reached eleventh place. One race later, at the Malaysian Grand Prix , when the weather conditions got wetter and wetter, Vergne benefited from the fact that the race was interrupted and he was able to switch from intermediate to rain tires without a pit stop. He eventually crossed the finish line in eighth place and scored his first points. In the further course of the season, further points were placed with three eighth places. Vergne prevailed against Ricciardo within the team with 16 to 10 points and was 17th in the drivers' world championship at the end of the season.

In 2013 , Vergne and Ricciardo stayed with Toro Rosso. In the seventh race, the Canadian Grand Prix , Vergne achieved his best Formula 1 position to date with sixth place, which was also his last point placement of the season. Vergne was 15th in the drivers' standings and lost the team-internal duel against Ricciardo with 13 to 20 points.

In 2014 , Vergne got a new teammate at Toro Rosso in Daniil Kwjat , after Ricciardo had switched to sister team Red Bull Racing. He chose # 25 as his permanent Formula 1 starting number. The number was previously used by the French Ligier team and various French drivers from 1979 to 1995 . A sixth place in Singapore was his best result and also Toro Rosso's best result in the 2014 World Championship. Vergne moved up to 13th place in the drivers' standings. Although he prevailed against Kwjat internally with 22 to 8 points, Kwjat was ordered to the sister team Red Bull Racing at the end of the season, while Vergne lost his Formula 1 cockpit at Toro Rosso after three years.

FIA Formula E Championship (since 2014/15)

In the 2014/15 season , Vergne took part in the FIA Formula E Championship for Andretti Autosport from the third race . At the Punta del Este ePrix , he immediately achieved pole position. In the final phase of the race, he was eliminated in second place with a technical defect. In Miami he also took pole position and was out in the final stages. At the Long Beach ePrix he finally achieved his first podium finish with a second place. At the London ePrix , he was again on the podium in third place. He finished the season as the best driver, who had not competed in every race, in seventh place overall. In 2015 , Vergne took on the role of test driver in Formula 1 at Ferrari .

For the FIA Formula E Championship 2015/16 , Vergne switched to the DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team . At his home race in Paris , he achieved a podium finish with second place. He was also third on the podium at the London ePrix . He finished the season with 56 points in ninth place overall and was internally subject to Sam Bird , who was fourth with 88 points. In addition, Vergne stayed with Ferrari as a test driver for the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship .

Vergne is completing his third season in Formula E in 2016/17 for the Techeetah Formula E Team , a Chinese racing team that emerged from Team Aguri . He finished second in Buenos Aires and Mexico City and in the first races in New York City and Montreal . At the last race of the season, the second round in Montreal, he achieved his first Formula E victory. Vergne improved to fifth place in the championship with 117 points. In addition, Vergne received a cockpit at Manor for the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) 2017 . He contested eight out of nine races of the season and was 15th in the drivers' championship with a fifth place as the best result.

In the formula e 2017/18 Vergne stayed with Techeetah. He finished each of the twelve races in the top ten, achieved four pole positions and won the races in Santiago , Punta del Este , Paris and the second race in New York City . He won the driver's title for the first time at the end of the season with 198 points.

Vergne competed again for Techeetah in the 2018/19 season . However, the team started as a DS Automobiles works team. He defended his championship title with three wins and two more podium results. With 136 points, he became the first driver in the racing series to win the drivers' championship twice. With two victories and a third place he also won the overall ranking of the voestalpine European Races , in which only podium places in the races on the European continent were taken into account.

statistics

Career stations

2001-2006: karting 2007: French Formula Renault Campus (champion) 2008: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (6th place) 2008: Western European Formula Renault (4th place) 2009: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (2nd place) 2009: Western European Formula Renault (2nd place) 2010 : British Formula 3 (champions)

2010 : Formula Renault 3.5 (8th place) 2010 : GP3 series (17th place) 2011 : Formula Renault 3.5 (2nd place) 2011 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2012 : Formula 1 (17th place) 2013 : Formula 1 (15th place) 2014 : Formula 1 (13th place)

2015 : Formula E (7th place) 2015 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2016 : Formula E (9th place) 2016 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2017 : Formula E (5th place) 2017 : WEC (15th place) 2018 : Formula E (champions)

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2010	Tech 1 racing	ESP		DOOR		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		9	17th
		5	21st			4th	17th

Individual results in Formula Renault 3.5

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2010	Tech 1 racing	ALC		SPA		MON	BRN		LIKE		HUN		HOC		SIL		CAT		53	8th.
													11	5	1	3	3	2
2011	Carlin	ALC		SPA		MNZ		MON	ONLY		HUN		SIL		LEC		CAT		232	2.
		6th	7th	2	1	2	1	12	DNF	4th	1	1	12	4th	1	3	2	DNF

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
2012	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR7	Ferrari 2.4 V8	20th	-	-	-	-	-	16	17th
2013	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR8	Ferrari 2.4 V8	19th	-	-	-	-	-	13	15th
2014	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR9	Renault 1.6 V6 Turbo	19th	-	-	-	-	-	22nd	13.
total				58	-	-	-	-	-	51

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
2012
	11	8th	16	14th	12	12	15th	DNF	14th	14th	16	8th	DNF	DNF	13	8th	15th	12	DNF	8th
2013
	12	10	12	DNF	DNF	8th	6th	DNF	DNF	12	12	DNF	14th	18 *	12	13	17th	16	15th
2014
	8th	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	10	13	9	11	13	6th	9	13	10	13	12

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2014/15	Andretti Autosport	AT	PUT	PUN	BUE	MIA	LBH	MON	BER	MOS	LON							70	7th
				* °14 * °	°6 °	* °18 * °	°2 °	°DNF °	7th	4th	3	*16 *
2015/16	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	AT	PUT	PUN	BUE	MEX	LBH	PAR	BER	LON								56	9.
		12	DNF	°7 °	°11 °	°16 °	*13 *	°2 °	5	3	8th
2016/17	Techeetah Formula E Team	HKG	MAR	BUE	MEX	MON	PAR	BER		NYC		MTR						117	5.
		DNF	8th	2	2	DNF	DNF	8th	6th	°2 °	8th	°2 °	1
2017/18	Techeetah Formula E Team	HKG		MAR	SAN	MEX	PUN	ROME	PAR	BER	ZUR	NYC						198	1.
		2	4th	5	1	5	1	5	1	3	10	°5 °	°1 °
2018/19	DS Techeetah	TO YOU	MAR	SAN	MEX	HKG	SAY	ROME	PAR	MCO	BER	BRN	NYC					136	1.
		2	5	DNF	13	13	1	14th	6th	1	3	1	14th	7th

( Legend )

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

year	team	vehicle	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	Points	rank
2017	CEFC Manor TRS Racing	Oreca 07	Gibson	SIL	SPA	LMS	ONLY	MEX	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BRN	33	15th
				9	13	7th		7th	10	9	13	10

( Legend )

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2017	CEPC Manor TRS Racing	Oreca 07	Gate Graves	Jonathan Hirschi	Rank 7
2018	G-Drive Racing	Oreca 07	Roman Russinov	Andrea Pizzitola	disqualified
2019	G-Drive Racing	Aurus 01	Roman Russinov	Job van Uitert	Rank 11

Web links

Commons : Jean-Éric Vergne  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Jean-Éric Vergne
• Career Stats Jean-Éric Vergne (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ “Vergne is champion with win number 12”  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) (fota.co.uk on August 15, 2010)
2. ^ "Vergne is two-pronged in 2010" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 5, 2010)
3. ↑ “It's go go go! ”  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) (renault-sport.com on April 9, 2010)
4. ↑ “GP3 Series: Llista d'inscrits / Entry list” (circuitcat.com on May 5, 2010)
5. ↑ "Red Bull: Junior team confirms Hartley departure" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 21, 2010)
6. ↑ “Jean-Eric Vergne joins the Red Bull Junior Team” ( Memento from February 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (ffsa.org on November 23, 2007; PDF; 66 kB)
7. ↑ "Toro Rosso: A test pilot on hot coals" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 17, 2010)
8. ↑ "Vergne chooses the typical Red Bull way" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 30, 2010)
9. ^ "Vergne from South Korea on Fridays in the Toro Rosso" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 23, 2011)
10. ↑ "Despite the best time, a 'frustrating day' for Red Bull" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 18, 2011)
11. ↑ "Ricciardo and Vergne drive for Toro Rosso in 2012" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 14, 2011)
12. ↑ Robert Seiwert: "Formula 1 - All start numbers fixed: Vettel takes the 1". Number 13: Maldonado of all people. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 10, 2014, accessed January 12, 2014 . 
13. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: "Ascent at record speed: Verstappen 2015 at Toro Rosso". Motorsport-Total.com, August 18, 2014, accessed August 18, 2014 . 
14. ^ Christian Menath: "Formula 1 - next Formula 1 driver in Formula E01". Vergne starts for Andretti. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 8, 2014, accessed December 8, 2014 . 
15. ↑ Philipp Schajer: Formula 1 - Ferrari hires Vergne as test driver - De la Rosa leaves the team. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 19, 2014, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
16. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: DS-Virgin: An ex-Red-Bull-Junior replaces the other. Motorsport-Total.com, August 8, 2015, accessed August 8, 2015 . 
17. ↑ Tobias Bluhm: Vergne signs with the new Techeetah team - with Renault engine. e-Formel.de, July 4, 2016, accessed on July 4, 2016 .