2012 Drivers
- Fernando Alonso
- Jenson Button
- Paul di Resta
- Timo Glock
- Romain Grosjean
- Lewis Hamilton
- Nico Hülkenberg
- Narain Karthikeyan
- Kamui Kobayashi
- Heikki Kovalainen
- Pastor Maldonado
- Felipe Massa
- Sergio Perez
- Vitaly Petrov
- Charles Pic
- Kimi Räikkönen
- Daniel Ricciardo
- Pedro de la Rosa
- Nico Rosberg
- Michael Schumacher
- Bruno Senna
- Jean-Éric Vergne
- Sebastian Vettel
- Mark Webber
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Jean-Éric Vergne
France
- Full name Jean-Éric Vergne
- Birth date April 25, 1990
- Birthplace Pontoise, France
- Current age 22 years 27 days
- Current team Toro Rosso
2012 World Championship
| # | Grand Prix | Circuit | Date | Car | Pos | Pts | Qual | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | Albert Park | March 18 | Toro Rosso (STR7) | 11 | 11 | ||
| 2 | Malaysia | Sepang | March 25 | Toro Rosso (STR7) | 8 | 4 | 18 | |
| 3 | China | Shanghai | April 15 | Toro Rosso (STR7) | 16 | 18 | ||
| 4 | Bahrain | BIC | April 22 | Toro Rosso (STR7) | 13 | 17 | ||
| 5 | Spain | Catalunya | May 13 | Toro Rosso (STR7) | 12 | 14 |
World Championship Career
| Year | Car | Race | Start | Won | Pod | Class | Best | Pole | Front | Best | Lap | Hat | Pts | Pos | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Toro Rosso | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14* | ||||
| Total | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Race | Circuit | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First race | Australian Grand Prix | Albert Park | March 18, 2012 | Race results |
| Last race | Spanish Grand Prix | Catalunya | May 13, 2012 | Race results |
Profile
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Jean-Eric Vergne started karting at his father's track at the age of four, and enjoyed success in karts before switching to single-seater racing where he became French champion in 2007 and 2008. He won the British Formula Three Championship in 2010, his 12 wins from the first 24 races giving him the title with six races to go, and had a brief but less successful foray in the GP3 Series. He also competed in six Formula Renault 3.5 Series races at the end of the season, winning once and being on the podium four times. On the strength of this he was contracted to drive full-time in 2011, and his five wins during the season meant he finished runner-up in the championship. In 2010 he drove for Toro Rosso in the post-season young driver test in Abu Dhabi, and in 2011 the team announced he would drive for it in practice during the final grands prix of the calendar. He impressed enough to gain a race seat at Toro Rosso when the team decided to change both drivers at the end of 2011.
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May 2, 2012 
Jean-Eric Vergne makes the most of the good weather in the Toro Rosso © Sutton Images |
May 1, 2012 
Jean-Eric Vergne on track in the Toro Rosso © Sutton Images |
April 13, 2012 
Jean-Eric Vergne struggles with understeer in his Toro Rosso © Getty Images |
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