News Details

Verstappen wants Vergne to be Toro Rosso teammate

Max Verstappen Toro Rosso's teenage signing Max Verstappen says he would prefer to have Jean-Eric Vergne as his teammate next year. Red Bull, the owner of Toro Rosso, is yet to decide whether the experienced Frenchman Vergne, 24, will get one more year at Faenza, or if the new Formula Renault 3.5 champion Carlos Sainz jr will be promoted. Sainz, 20, is waiting impatiently. 'I have no plan B,' the Spaniard told Marca sports newspaper on Thursday. Insiders believe it is likely Red Bull and Toro Rosso officials will eventually decide it makes more sense to keep Vergne for now, given that Sainz alongside 17-year-old Verstappen would be an unprecedentedly young and inexperienced pairing....
Full Story »
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Verstappen wants Vergne to be Toro Rosso teammate

Max Verstappen says he would prefer to be Jean-Eric Vergne's teammate...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

Verstappen wants Vergne as Toro Rosso team-mate

Getty Images Enlarge Max Verstappen wants Jean-Eric Vergne as his...
10y ago from espnF1.com

Sainz Jr: I deserve Toro Rosso seat

Red Bull/Getty Images Carlos Sainz Jr says he deserves the vacant seat...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

Vergne 'best option' for Toro Rosso seat

Red Bull/Getty Images Jean-Eric Vergne says he is the best candidate to...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Alex Palou tops busy final Indy 500 test day

The NTT IndyCar Series wrapped up a two day test session on Thursday,...

Larson, Sato crash in high-boost Indy 500 test session

The second day of IndyCar’s Indy 500 open test opened with qualifying...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Rovanperä rampages through Islas Canarias

With just the super special stage remaining on Saturday, Kalle Rovanperä...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Kalle in command of Rally Islas Canarias

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen dominated the opening day of Rally...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

£51m signing already a ‘done deal' as Berta...

Arsenal are acting with real intent early in the transfer window, with...
1h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Arsenal vs. PSG: Best stats ahead of Champions League...

Ahead of Tuesday's Champions League semi-final first leg between Arsenal...
40m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Arsenal vs. PSG: Head-to-head record and past meetings...

Ahead of Tuesday's Champions League clash between Arsenal and PSG, Sports...
1h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

80m bid prepared: Arsenal increasingly expected to...

Arsenal are reportedly set to try offering as much as 80m to win the race...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

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.