Vergne new Ferrari simulator driver

French Formula One driver Jean-Eric Vergne will test for Ferrari in 2015, but only in the simulator at Maranello.

French Formula One driver Jean-Eric Vergne will test for Ferrari in 2015, but only in the simulator at Maranello.

Published Dec 22, 2014

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Maranello, Italy - French Formula One driver Jean-Eric Vergne, ditched by Toro Rosso after three years on the grid, will test for Ferrari in its simulator in 2015 as it bids to improve on its disappointing fourth place finish in this season’s Constructors’ championship .

The Italian team said on Saturday veteran test driver Pedro de la Rosa would be leaving the outfit with Vergne, replaced at Toro Rosso by 17-year-old Max Verstappen, recruited to work on car development.

Vergne, 24, will work alongside the team's other newly-appointed test driver Esteban Gutierrez, who was dumped by Sauber at the end of the 2014 season.

UNANIMOUS OBJECTIVE

He said: "I feel very honoured to be joining the Ferrari family and becoming a part of the most prestigious team in the history of Formula One.

"The objective is a unanimous one and that is to help the team get back to the top step of the podium.

"Having had two years working in the simulator for a top F1 team and three years racing with Toro Rosso, my experience will add to the great efforts that are currently being made in order to get the team back to its winning ways."

Ferrari race drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen will be complemented next season by reserve Gutierrez, Vergne and test drivers Marc Gene and Davide Rigon. - Reuters

And this is Vergne's new office:

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