Jean-Éric Vergne: How To Recover From Losing Your F1 Seat (Ep123)

About this episode

Jean-Éric Vergne discusses his career in motorsport, including the challenges of losing his F1 seat and rebuilding his image.

We’re back to four wheels today as we welcome Jean-Éric Vergne to the studio. JEV, as he is known in the world of motorsport, has seen it all in a career that has spanned F1, Formula E and Le Mans to name but a few. He raced in 51 Grand Prix’s as part of the Red Bull Racing family with Toro Rosso and is Formula E’s only double world champion. Now JEV is not known for being reserved with his opinions; his character is built on a refreshing directness you don’t get as much in sport these days. This comes through in a perfect balance of self-belief and honest reflection when assessing his time at Red Bull, coming to terms with decisions made out of your control, and re-building a career and image that got him back to the elite end of motorsport. This is a real look at life as a driver, behind the assumption I, and I’m sure many of you, have on the luxury of elite four wheel performance. We’re delighted to welcome JEV to the Business of Sport. A huge thank you to our amazing partners on the show: Airwallex The intelligent financial platform for global businesses ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.airwallex.com/uk/⁠⁠⁠ Gemini We empower the most confident sports organisations on Earth…

People in this episode

Hosts: Charlie Stebbings, Harry Stebbings

Guest: Jean-Éric Vergne

Topics covered

• motorsport
• Formula 1
• career recovery
• self-reflection
• elite performance

Keywords

• Jean-Éric Vergne
• F1
• Formula E
• motorsport career
• Red Bull
• self-belief
• elite drivers

Sponsors

Airwallex, Gemini

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Red Bull Racing, Toro Rosso, Formula E

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