Jean-Éric Serge Raymond Vergne, also known by his initials of JEV, is a French racing driver who competes in the FIA Formula E Championship with DS Penske. He became the 2017–18 ABB Formula E Champion, after clinching fifth in the New York ePrix in 2018, and he became the first Formula E driver to win two consecutive championships after his repeat success in the 2018–19 season. He competed in Formula One for Scuderia Toro Rosso from 2012 to 2014, and was a Ferrari test and development driver from 2015 to 2016. He won the British Formula 3 Championship in 2010 and then finished runner up to teammate Robert Wickens in the 2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.
Vergne in 2023
Vergne at the penultimate round of the 2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season, at Paul Ricard.
Vergne during pre-season testing, for Toro Rosso, at Jerez in February 2012.
Vergne driving for Toro Rosso at the 2012 Canadian Grand Prix.
Formula E, officially the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, is an open-wheel single-seater motorsport championship for electric cars. The racing series is the highest class of competition for electrically powered single-seater racing cars. The inaugural championship race was held in Beijing in September 2014. Since 2020, the series has FIA world championship status.
Dan Ticktum, Jake Dennis, and Sérgio Sette Câmara (from front to back) driving at the 2023 Berlin ePrix
The Spark SRT05e demo car at the 2020 Autosport International
Attack Mode area of a track.
Felix Rosenqvist at the 2017 Berlin ePrix, showing the updated season-3 spec front wing