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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...
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