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Alpine needed a new reserve driver after promoting Jack Doohan to a race seat for 2025.
Alpine has announced that Paul Aron, a former Mercedes junior driver, will be their reserve driver starting from the 2025 F1 season. The team’s current reserve driver, Jack Doohan, has been promoted to a race seat alongside Pierre Gasly, following Esteban Ocon’s departure to Haas. Aron is currently racing for Hitech in F2 and is within reach of the title in his debut season, but trails leader Gabriel Bortoleto by 34.5 points. Aron, an Estonian racer, was previously part of the Mercedes junior programme and has now signed with Alpine as their F1 reserve. Aron expressed his excitement about joining Alpine and his commitment to giving it his all in both his current F2 championship bid and his future role as the team’s Reserve Driver. Executive advisor Flavio Briatore stated that Alpine is eager to nurture Aron’s talent and develop him into a competitive F1 driver, recognizing the ongoing generational shift in Formula 1 with the rise of young talents in the sport.
