Doohan promoted to full-time Alpine seat for 2025

Australian Jack Doohan will make his Formula 1 debut pinch Alpine successful 2025 aft being promoted from his domiciled arsenic reserve driver.

The 21-year-old boy of five-time MotoGP champion Mick Doohan will partner Frenchman Pierre Gasly, who has raced for Alpine since 2023.

Doohan replaces Frenchman Esteban Ocon, who has moved to Haas aft he and Alpine announced they would split.

Alpine squad main Oliver Oakes, who has been successful his domiciled for little than a month, said: "Jack will go nan first driver to postgraduate from nan Alpine academy into a title driver position pinch nan team, truthful that is exceptionally pleasing for nan squad and its young driver pathway."

Oaskes was antecedently leader of nan HiTech squad which ran Doohan successful 2 Asian Formula 3 bid successful 2019.

"Personally, I person worked pinch Jack backmost successful 2019 and I americium afloat alert of his earthy talent and potential," Oakes said.

"He is simply a very difficult worker down nan scenes and his committedness is hugely weighted by nan full team. Alongside Pierre, we person a well-balanced driver line-up pinch a bully operation betwixt youthful energy, experience, and axenic speed."

Doohan said it was "a proud time for my family".

He added: "I americium very grateful for nan spot and belief by nan team's elder management. There is truthful overmuch activity up to beryllium prepared and fresh and I will springiness my champion successful nan meantime to sorb arsenic overmuch accusation and knowledge to beryllium fresh for nan measurement up."

Alpine person been going done elder guidance turmoil for nan past year, pinch Oakes' assignment only nan latest example.

He replaced Bruno Famin arsenic squad boss, and nan Frenchman himself was successful nan domiciled for conscionable a twelvemonth pursuing nan departure of erstwhile incumbent Otmar Szafnauer.

The squad person besides mislaid respective different awesome figures successful that period, either sacked aliases deciding to leave.

Earlier this year, erstwhile Renault squad leader Flavio Briatore was appointed executive adviser, and nan 74-year-old Italian is nan de facto powerfulness successful nan team.

Briatore has advised nan closing of nan Renault F1 motor programme and turning nan squad into a customer of Mercedes. This determination has not yet been officially confirmed.