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Vergne sets sights on F1 2016 Ferrari race seat

Jean-Eric Vergne has admitted he has set his sights on Kimi Raikkonen's 2016 race seat at Ferrari. The Frenchman, developed and groomed by Red Bull, was dropped by the energy drink company's second team Toro Rosso at the end of last year. He has rescued his F1 career with a test driver role at the sport's grandee team Ferrari, although the top reserve seat was already filled by the heavily Mexican-backed Esteban Gutierrez. 'Honestly,' Vergne told Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport, 'I prefer having the job of working on the simulator and doing something useful, rather than being the reserve. 'Today, the role of a third driver is to be at the track without doing anything special. Not being...
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