Jean-Eric Vergne, who drove for the Andretti Autosport team last season could find himself back in the Formula One circus, as Gene Haas confirms that the Frenchman is one of his targets.

The 25-year old entered Formula E at the third round of the championship to replace the departing Franck Montagny. The former Formula One driver made a great impression on his maiden outing, as he snatched pole position and was in the hunt for victory until his suspension failed with two laps to go.

In Miami and Moscow, Vergne claimed pole again for the American team, but despite having amazing qualifying pace, the 2013 Toro Rosso driver never managed to convert his pole position into a race victory.

Haas didn’t mention any specific names to an American news organisation about his driver line-up for next season, but he did say that two of his targets are both Ferrari test drivers.

With Haas acquiring Ferrari engines for the 2016 Formula One season, as well as the Italian team playing a major technical role for them; it could allow for Ferrari to help dictate what drivers to have in the car for next season.

“As far as the other name that you mention, he is a driver from another team, so the possibility of him driving for us depends on his position with his team.

“Anybody who is driving part of a Formula One team right now, certainly, is someone that we would be interested in, if he becomes available,” said Haas to ESPN.

However, the Frenchman is not the only target the Hass F1 Team are looking at for next year’s Formula One season. The 2015 Le Mans winner Nico Hulkenberg has also been named as a target by Haas.

Formula E is about to embark on pre-season testing at Donington Park next week. If Jean-Eric Vergne does not appear at the track, the Andretti team may have to look at its cluster of drivers to see who could fill the empty spot.