Jean-Eric Vergne on learning from F1 regrets

F1 Beyond The Grid

karenellenbevan

Leisure, Sports News, News, Sports, Automotive

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🗓️ 27 October 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Matching Daniel Ricciardo in the same car and twice finishing 6th in a Grand Prix is a Formula 1 record to be proud of. But looking back at his three seasons driving for midfield team Scuderia Toro Rosso, Jean-Eric Vergne thinks he could – and should – have done better. In an honest and unflinchingly self-critical interview, Vergne tells Tom Clarkson how his mentality and even his physical size negatively affected his F1 career, and recalls the many things he wishes had turned out differently. He tells the astonishing inside story of his 2014 F1 exit, and reveals the unfortunate timing, bad luck and driver moves which edged him out of the sport. JEV also explains how Lewis Hamilton inspired him to kickstart his own racing career to win championships in Formula E and why he wants to face new challenges at Le Mans.

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0:00.0	An ITVX exclusive.
0:03.4	Who have you ever revealed your real self to?
0:06.4	starring Damien Lewis and Guy Pearce.
0:09.0	The man I trusted most, my best friend, has done the unthinkable.
0:14.4	As buy among friends, stream free on ITVX.
0:22.8	I had my chance in F1.
0:24.4	I think I probably should have done things a little bit differently
0:27.2	if I wanted to have a better chance in F1.
0:30.8	I'm not happy with it.
0:31.8	I want to fight for podiums.
0:33.6	And I think I had the complete wrong mentality back then.
0:47.2	Welcome everyone to Be On The Grade with me, Tom Clarkson.
0:51.2	This week, we have a story of what might have been
0:54.2	because my guest as a driver who had the talent and speed
0:57.8	to succeed in Formula 1.
0:59.6	But it didn't quite happen for him.
1:02.0	He scored multiple points finishes for Toro Roso
1:04.8	and ran his teammate Daniel Riccardo close for two years.
1:09.2	But he was still spat out of the Red Bull program.
1:12.6	The man I'm talking about is, of course, John Eric Vern.
1:16.4	Jeff is a driver I've kept a close eye on
1:18.8	ever since he won the British Formula 3 championship in 2010.
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