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Verstappen wants Vergne to be Toro Rosso teammate

Max Verstappen Toro Rosso's teenage signing Max Verstappen says he would prefer to have Jean-Eric Vergne as his teammate next year. Red Bull, the owner of Toro Rosso, is yet to decide whether the experienced Frenchman Vergne, 24, will get one more year at Faenza, or if the new Formula Renault 3.5 champion Carlos Sainz jr will be promoted. Sainz, 20, is waiting impatiently. 'I have no plan B,' the Spaniard told Marca sports newspaper on Thursday. Insiders believe it is likely Red Bull and Toro Rosso officials will eventually decide it makes more sense to keep Vergne for now, given that Sainz alongside 17-year-old Verstappen would be an unprecedentedly young and inexperienced pairing....
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