Jules Vergne
Jules Vergne (born 16th May 1997 in Versailles, France) is a French race driver currently contracted to Astro Racing Stars and is a driver for Nebula Grand Prix in the IFRC.
Racing Career
2015: RoLFS & F3RWRS
After Hydook driver Benoît Voeckler was removed from their RoLFS team after instigating a number of collisions, Vergne got the nod to replace him by the RoLFS commission for the race at Westhill. He acquitted himself reasonably well, coming 12th in his heat. This was the first time he'd driven a car with approximately 500bhp and thus it seemed a good result, but it wasn't enough to get into the feature race. Hydook pulled out after that race, leaving Vergne without a seat.
Having driven for Octan in F3RWRS at the Monaco SuperPrix, he impressed the team enough to get offered a recall for the SuperPrix at Spa. However, their star driver Dorien Lamberigts ended up getting banned for the race at Germany and thus Vergne was called up to replace her. Some solid if unspectacular performances were what he managed, but was moved over when Lamberigts' ban had ended. Vergne was due to appear again for Octan for the Surfers' SuperPrix, but for some reason this never materialised.
2016: IFRC & F1RICS
Having strongly been linked to Fusion's F3RWRS team, he was confirmed alongside Jiri Komárek for the 2016 season. However, after Nebula Grand Prix took over Fusion's team, he was moved along to their IFRC team after their application for a second car was approved. He therefore joins Quentin Reatherson, whilst Thiago Mazzacane joins Komárek in F3RWRS. He also made a couple of appearances for Mastercard Lola in F1RICS.
Occupying the #40 car, Vergne managed to come 4th in his heat at Australia due to attrition, and took 13th in the feature race. However, no more points came in his remaining outings in Mexico and France; he failed to qualify for the Mexican feature race in particular. Having been disappointed with his lack of results, Vergne decided to move to America full-time with Mastercard Lola. David Tenpecost took Vergne's place at Nebula.
Complete Results
Rejects of LFS
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scaven S15 | Zytek 3.0 V8 | BLA HEA |
BLA FEA |
WES HEA 12 |
WES FEA DNQ |
FER HEA |
FER FEA |
SOU HEA |
SOU FEA |
AST HEA |
AST FEA |
KYO HEA |
KYO FEA |
KYO 300 |
49th | 0 |
F3RWRS
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Fusion Motorsports | Fusion FM-01 | Audi F3-1 | AUS R1 |
AUS R2 |
TUR R1 |
TUR R2 |
MON SP 49 |
USA R1 |
USA R2 |
GBR R1 |
GBR R2 |
GER R1 31 |
GER R2 26 |
SPA SP 42 |
ITA R1 |
ITA R2 |
JPN R1 |
JPN R2 |
SUR SP |
=35th | 0 |
IFRC
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Pts | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lola B06/51 | Peugeot-Cosworth 3.0 V8 | AUS HEA 4 |
AUS FEA 13 |
MEX HEA Ret |
MEX FEA DNQ |
FRA HEA 10 |
FRA FEA 11 |
GBR HEA |
GBR FEA |
ITA HEA |
ITA FEA |
USA HEA |
USA FEA |
GER HEA |
GER FEA |
NED HEA |
NED FEA |
FIN HEA |
FIN FEA |
BEL HEA |
BEL FEA |
RUS HEA |
RUS FEA |
JPN HEA |
JPN FEA |
30th* | 0 | ||
F1RICS
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | MasterCard Lola | Lola B16/00 | Honda V6T | SAO 6 |
ARG 24 |
HOM 22 |
GAT |
LBH |
CAM |
POR |
INDY |
MIL |
DON |
EUR |
WGI |
NHA |
MIC |
TOR |
ROA |
KEN |
POC |
MON |
LAG |
SUR |
SUZ |
TEX |
FON |