Jean-Eric Vergne Shows He Deserves 2nd Chance with New Team in 2015 F1 Season

Even the most heartless souls in the Formula One paddock must currently feel a degree of sympathy for Jean-Eric Vergne. Last month, Scuderia Toro Rosso, his team of almost three years, became the first outfit to announce their line-up for the 2015 campaign, featuring the most predictable driver change of what has grown to be known as the "silly season." Vergne's place at Toro Rosso, it was confirmed, would be taken by Max Verstappen, the highly rated 16-year-old, who is set to become the youngest competitor in the history of the sport when he lines up on the grid, aged 17, at next year's Australian Grand Prix. Every new beginning is an old ending, and while Verstappen has spent the last few weeks goofing around in ageing F1 machinery&mdash...

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