Alpine has confirmed its reserve driver Jack Doohan will likely be promoted to a race seat alongside Pierre Gasly in 2025.
The 21-year-old Doohan has been solely targeted on reserve duties this season after ending third in final yr’s System 2 championship, whereas he has additionally had a number of FP1 outings for Alpine. The Australian turns into the primary Alpine Academy driver to progress instantly right into a race seat with the workforce, and is the second confirmed rookie on the 2025 grid alongside Oliver Bearman at Haas.
“I’m so joyful to safe promotion right into a full-time race seat in 2025 with BWT Alpine F1 Workforce,” Doohan stated. “I’m very grateful for the belief and perception by the workforce’s senior administration. There may be a lot work forward to be ready and prepared and I’ll give my greatest within the meantime to soak up as a lot data and data to be prepared for the step up.
“It’s exceptionally satisfying to be the primary graduate of the Alpine Academy to be in a race seat with the workforce and I’m extraordinarily grateful to those that supported me alongside the best way to make this a actuality. It’s an thrilling second, a proud day for my household, and I look ahead to taking all of it in and pushing onerous behind the scenes.”
Affirmation of the Alpine lineup is the primary main announcement underneath new workforce principal Oliver Oakes, who says the work that Doohan has finished for the workforce within the simulator and in testing has been rewarded.
“We’re very excited to advertise Jack into the race seat from subsequent season and, in doing so, giving him the chance to showcase his ability and expertise in System 1,” Oakes stated. “Jack will develop into the primary driver to graduate from the Alpine Academy right into a race driver place with the workforce, so that’s exceptionally pleasing for the workforce and its younger driver pathway.
“Personally, I’ve labored with Jack again in 2019 and I’m absolutely conscious of his uncooked expertise and potential. He’s a really onerous employee behind the scenes and his dedication is massively valued by all the workforce.
“Alongside Pierre, now we have a well-balanced driver lineup with a great mixture between youthful vitality, expertise, and pure velocity. We look ahead to working with each Jack and Pierre so as to preserve creating the automobile and produce the workforce up the grid.”
Doohan will proceed as reserve driver for the remainder of the present season, in addition to perform additional assessments within the 2022 Alpine as a part of the workforce’s testing of earlier vehicles (TPC) program.
