“Rumours around the paddock” of driver who may replace Esteban Ocon in Canada
“I’m not saying Ocon deserves to be replaced..."

Jack Doohan ✅is being “talked about” as a replacement for Esteban Ocon at next weeওkend’s F1 Canadian Grand Prix.
Alpine team principal Bruno Famin raged at “consequences” which might include dropping Ocon for the next race, after he collided with his teamm🧔ate in Monaco.
Ocon caused a stir by cla🍸ttering Pierre Gasly on the first lap of the Monaco Grand Prix last weekend.
“There’s a bit of a rumour around the paddock that Jack Doohan could g🐻et his grand prix debut iꦍn Canada,” F1 Nation podcast host Tom Clarkson said.
“That is being talked about.
“Jack did do a bri🍷lliant job on Friday night for the team.
“He flew onꦿ Friday from Nice to the UK. He goes to Enstone. On the simulator he works on various set-ups until 3.30am.
“He doesn’t go to bed. He flies back to Monaco, and is in the paddock at 9am in the morning. Having been on ✤theܫ sim in England at 3am.
“That’s commitment. And that commitment has impressed the t🌊eam.
“I’m not sayin💙g Ocon deserves to be replaced by Doohan.
“But I do think Jack is impressing the team. And as they wo🔯rk out what to do with their driver line up in ‘25, Jack is doing all the right things to, at least, be high up on the list of possibilities.”
Doohan, Alpine's reserve driver, is the son of bike legend Mick Doohan. He is seek🐟in𝐆g his first full-time F1 drive.
Fox Mexico journalist Diego Mejia replied: “Esteban was a little too opt🔯imistic. He recognised that 💛on social media, briefly after he left the TV pen.
“If you do that move on any driver, it’s on. As 𒁏Senna said, if you no longer go for a gap, you are no longer a racing driver.
“Sometimes drivers take that lite𝕴rally. But when it’s your teammate you’ve got to, at le✤ast, make sure that you leave room for him.
“This wasn’t the case here, with Pierre.
“He rolled ove⛄r the right front tyre and almost flipped ✃on the contact.
“[Este🐷ban] took the blame. Let’s turn the ♒page and not make a fuss out of it.”
Alpine have endured a nightmare 2024 so far, with their drivꦆers’ clash in Monaco a key flashpoint.
Ocon is 17th in the drivers’ standings, one pla꧋ce🐼 behind Gasly, and his appearance next week in Montreal is remarkably not a guarantee.
Ocon re𝔍leased a long statement on Friday vowing to race in Canada.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Spo�𒉰�rts for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.