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Jean-Eric Vergne: It took me three years to recover from F1 bombshell

Jean-Eric Vergne says it took him 'at least' three years to fully recover from the shock of being dropped by Red Bull in 2014. Vergne had graduated to Formula 1 in 2012 with a full-time seat at Toro Rosso, but was dropped after three seasons and replaced by Max Verstappen, whilst Carlos Sainz took up the seat left by Daniil Kvyat, who was promoted to Red Bull. Recalling that period in his life, Vergne admitted he arrived with the wrong attitude and was then left with little to his name when Red Bull dropped the axe. 'I arrived with Red Bull and the first year was very difficult. My head was very big, I thought I was going to beat everyone, I thought I was the king, but the first...
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