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Jean-Eric Vergne hopes his impressive drive in Singapore will open a rival team's garage door for him in 2015.
Dumped as a Red Bull-backed driver , the Frenchman will leave the energy drink company's second team Toro Rosso at the end of the season, to be replaced by teenager Max Verstappen.
Vergne, 24, has had a largely anonymous 2014 season alongside the impressive rookie Daniil Kvyat, but in Singapore he left all his regular rivals in the shade with a spectacular drive to sixth place.
The homepage at Faenza based Toro Rosso's website still exclaims 'Vergne Va Va Voom!"
"Wow! What can we say?" the official report reads. "Jean-Eric Vergne delivered one of the best drives of his formula one career".
According to France's Auto Hebdo , Vergne hopes Toro Rosso was not the only impressed F1 team on Sunday.
"When you have a good car, that's when you need to show what you can do, and that's what I did," he said.
"I think I showed my potential, I did everything I could. Let's see if it can change things. I keep my fingers crossed for a cockpit for next year with a good team. I really hope so," he added.
According to Italy's Autosprint , one planned update for the STR9 was a new nose, but it did not debut in Singapore due to problems with the FIA crash test.
Jean-Eric Vergne hopes his impressive drive in Singapore will open a rival team's garage door for him in 2015.
Dumped as a Red Bull-backed driver , the Frenchman will leave the energy drink company's second team Toro Rosso at the end of the season, to be replaced by teenager Max Verstappen.
Vergne, 24, has had a largely anonymous 2014 season alongside the impressive rookie Daniil Kvyat, but in Singapore he left all his regular rivals in the shade with a spectacular drive to sixth place.
The homepage at Faenza based Toro Rosso's website still exclaims 'Vergne Va Va Voom!"
"Wow! What can we say?" the official report reads. "Jean-Eric Vergne delivered one of the best drives of his formula one career".
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| Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso-Renault, at Singapore. (Photo: WRi2) |
According to France's Auto Hebdo , Vergne hopes Toro Rosso was not the only impressed F1 team on Sunday.
"When you have a good car, that's when you need to show what you can do, and that's what I did," he said.
"I think I showed my potential, I did everything I could. Let's see if it can change things. I keep my fingers crossed for a cockpit for next year with a good team. I really hope so," he added.
According to Italy's Autosprint , one planned update for the STR9 was a new nose, but it did not debut in Singapore due to problems with the FIA crash test.