F1 team Alpine confirmed Monday that French driver Esteban Ocon has been released ahead of the final grand prix of the season and that Australian Jack Doohan will make his debut in Abu Dhabi.
Formula 1 great Alan Jones says Jack Doohan’s debut in Abu Dhabi in the final grand prix of the season this weekend will help set the Australian star up for a strong 2025 campaign.
Jones, the 1980 F1 drivers’ champion, said on Tuesday that Doohan’s rise was “fabulous” for the sport, and he was confident the emerging driver had what it took to compete with the best in the world. “I think it’s fabulous. It gives him an opportunity to get the butterflies out, you can test and do whatever you want, but there is nothing like an actual race,” Jones said of Doohan’s debut.
Piastri and Doohan are precocious young talents, and Jones said an eventual battle between the pair for the championship was “a big ask, but not impossible”. The team said in a statement that the line-up change would allow Ocon to take part in post-season tests with his new team Haas. Doohan will be Pierre Gasly’s teammate.
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