Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer has reaffirmed his unwavering confidence in Jack Doohan, despite the young Australian’s difficult start to the F2 season. As Alpine’s reserve driver, Doohan simultaneously competes in the F2 Championship, which serves as the primary feeder series to Formula 1, while supporting Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly at Alpine. Doohan, a
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Alpine have promoted Jack Doohan from their academy to serve as the team’s reserve driver this season, with the Australian replacing young Oscar Piastri who made a controversial move to join McLaren. Doohan’s promotion was the most logical move for Alpine to make, as the Australian is clearly the most talented and race ready driver
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer is keen for Alpine to “prove” that new McLaren driver Oscar Piastri “made the wrong choice” by ditching the Enstone-based team for the seat in Woking, in what was a key story of the 2022 season. After winning the 2021 Formula 2 World Championship, Piastri found himself filling the role
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Forming the grid for 2023 has not been by any means a simple task, with twist and turns in team’s line-up plans throwing hurdles left, right and centre. After Haas confirmed that Nico Hulkenberg will be replacing Mick Schumacher for next year, Williams now have the only unconfirmed seat, with it not yet been one
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Oscar Piastri’s 2023 switch from Alpine to McLaren is perhaps one of the most highly anticipated in years, given how highly the young Australian is regarded in the paddock. The current Alpine reserve driver is part of a very exclusive club, of drivers who claimed the Formula 3 and Formula 2 World Championships in back-to-back seasons. Piastri claimed
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Nyck de Vries, Jack Doohan and Antonio Giovinazzi are all being given tests by Alpine as the French side aim to find a team-mate for Esteban Ocon next year. Alpine started the season with Ocon and Fernando Alonso as their main drivers, and Oscar Piastri as a reserve, but the Spaniard was out of contract
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1997 world champion, Jacques Villeneuve, has suggested that Alpine sign Jack Doohan from Formula 2, rather than look outside of their talent pool. Alpine came into the 2022 season with Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon as their first-team drivers, while F2 champion, Oscar Piastri, has been serving as their reserve. Alonso, at 41 years of
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