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The reserve and test driver will be making the step up to F1 full-time next season as team-mate to Pierre Gasly.
Jack Doohan is thrilled to secure a full-time F1 seat with Alpine, calling it “exceptionally satisfying” as the first Alpine Academy graduate to achieve this milestone. As the reserve and test driver, Doohan was favored to fill the seat left vacant by Esteban Ocon, participating in FP1 sessions in Canada and Britain. Alpine is the last F1 team to promote a driver from its academy, following the likes of Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull, McLaren, and Williams in doing so. Despite initially planning to promote Oscar Piastri, Alpine signed Doohan after Piastri joined McLaren due to contract issues. With potential fellow Australians Piastri and Daniel Ricciardo on the grid, Doohan expressed gratitude for Alpine’s support and readiness to give his best in preparation for the upcoming season.
