Jean-Eric Vergne news

Jean-Eric Vergne will have to dig into his own pockets after Valencia. The rookie Frenchman was given a ten-position grid drop for Silverstone after oddly jinking before... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen, 14th: "My start wasn't the best I've had this year but I was keeping pace with Webber and Ricciardo for the first few laps. Unfortunately we... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne has been given a double penalty for his crash with Heikki Kovalainen during the European Grand Prix. The Toro Rosso driver was found to have caused an... read more »

Pastor Maldonado, Jean-Eric Vergne and Kamui Kobayashi have all been penalised as a result of incidents in today's European Grand Prix. read more »

Following various incidents during the European GP at Valencia, the stewards have decided to penalise Vergne and Maldonado. At the same time, Michael Schumacher who has used... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne has been hit with a 10-place gird drop for the British GP while Kamui Kobayashi will also be demoted... read more »

Toro Rosso’s Jean-Éric Vergne has been handed a double penalty after a stewards’ investigation at the European Grand Prix. The French came into... read more »

Pastor Maldonado has lost his tenth place and one world championship point after the FIA handed him a post-race drive-through penalty. The Williams driver was deemed to have... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne has been handed a ten-place grid penalty for the British Grand Prix after causing a collision with Heikki Kovalainen. The Toro Rosso driver had almost passed... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne will drop ten places on the grid for the British Grand Prix after he was handed a double-penalty in Valencia read more »

Vitaly Petrov and Heikki Kovalainen finished today's European GP in 13th and 14th positions respectively. Kovalainen did not have the greatest of races and got his by... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen described his race-spoiling collision with Jean-Eric Vergne in the European Grand Prix as a "rookie mistake" by the Frenchman, after a race in which... read more »

Our final positions today are just reward for a very good performance right across the whole team today. Without the contact with Vergne and Ricciardo we may have been able to... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne reflect on what was a disappointing race for their team. read more »

Toro Rosso drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Éric Vergne had a weekend to forget in Valenca as they found themselves in collisions with both Caterham drivers, Heikki... read more »

Both Jean-Eric Vergne and Daniel Ricciardo got made contact with other cars during the GP of Europe, costing STR a chance at points. Ricciardo still finished 12th while Vergne... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 12th: “The final result of the race is disappointing. I think I drove well and the team deserved better. Apart from my finish position, it was a... read more »

Fernando Alonso took a scintillating victory in Valencia after a somewhat chaotic European Grand Prix. The Spaniard battled through from 11th on the grid to become 2012's... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen has said he is happy with the progress of his Caterham team after making it into Qualifying 2, ahead of Mark Webber’s Red Bull and... read more »

Jean-Éric Vergne may have out-qualified Red Bull’s Mark Webber, who suffered a DRS problem in qualifying for the European Grand Prix, but the Toro Rosso... read more »

Sebastian Vettel secured his 33rd pole position and his third consecutive pole in Valencia for the European Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver will start P1 thanks to a stunning... read more »

Suggestions that Jean-Eric Vergne is under pressure at Toro Rosso appear a bit premature after his team boss gave the Frenchman his backing... read more »

Jenson Button topped the times on Saturday morning during third practice for the European Grand Prix in Valencia. The McLaren driver surprised many with a late lap to go a... read more »

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES - Franz TOST (Toro Rosso), Riad ASMAT (Caterham), Norbert HAUG (Mercedes), Luis PEREZ SALA (HRT), Eric BOULLIER (Lotus). Q. Franz, as it's your first... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 18th: "The track was quite dirty in the morning session, with some litter on it, blown across by the strong wind, but it cleared up as the afternoon went... read more »