News Details

Tost: 'Difficult' decision to drop Vergne

– Toro Rosso Team Principal Franz Tost says that dropping Jean-Éric Vergne for 2015 in favour of Carlos Sainz was a 'difficult decision'.Vergne, who will make his Formula E debut in Uruguay later on Saturday, raced for Toro Rosso for three years and placed 13th in the Drivers' Championship in 2014, with a best finish of sixth in Singapore.But despite outscoring team-mate Daniil Kvyat by 22 points to eight, the Russian was promoted to Red Bull while Vergne's seat was handed to Sainz for 2015, a decision which Tost says was not easy."With Jean-Eric, it was a difficult decision to let him go because there's no doubt he is a very talented driver, but our team's remit is to bring on...
Full Story »
10y ago from GPUpdate.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

STR duo confirm their car numbers

New Toro Rosso recruits Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz Jr have confirmed...
10y ago from PlanetF1.com

Vergne heads to Formula E

Having lost his Toro Rosso seat, Jean-Eric Vergne is heading to Formula E...
10y ago from Pitpass.com

F1: Verstappen unfazed by rookie line-up

Max Verstappen says he is unfazed being part of a rookie line-up...
10y ago from Crash.net

Jean-Eric Vergne to make Formula E debut in Uruguay

Former Toro Rosso driver Jean-Eric Vergne has confirmed that he will make...
10y ago from RichlandF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Maverick Vinales: ‘It was a big mistake’ to reject...

Maverick Vinales admitted it was a “big mistake” to reject offers...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Scott Dixon bet on two stop strategy after he saw...

Scott Dixon took victory in Sunday’s IndyCar race from Mid-Ohio,...

IndyCar Mid-Ohio – Race Results

IndyCar visited Mid-Ohio over the weekend for Honda’s home event and a...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: Carlos Cuesta trying to sign Arsenal player...

There's been lots of talk about incomings in recent weeks, but if Arsenal...
4h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Arsenal fans handed boost in hopes of signing Crystal...

Arsenal’s pursuit of Crystal Palace star Eberechi Eze remains firmly on...
5h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Arsenal submit initial bid to sign Noni Madueke,...

Arsenal have reportedly submitted an initial bid of £50 million,...
11h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal edge closer to signing 23-year-old as £50m...

Having completed the signing of Martin Zubimendi over the weekend, Arsenal...
12h 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.