F1's most at-risk driver? Jack Doohan bluntly replies to Franco Colapinto rumour
“I’ve been told he’s a reserve driver…”
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Formula 1 rookie 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Doohan says he is “definitely not” being undermined by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Franco Colapinto being installed as an Alpine reserve driver amid rumours over his future.
Doohan❀ - son of five-time 500cc world champion Mick Doohan - will make his full-time F1 debut in 🏅2025 with Alpine having competed in last year’s Abu Dhabi GP with the team, in which he was 15th.
Over the winter, however, his place at the team 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:has been rumoured to 𓆏be under threat, with reports suggesting that he has only a handful of races in 2025 to prove h꧅imself🐼 before being replaced by Colapinto.
Argentina racer Colapinto, who contested nine grands prix in 2024 with Williams and ba♈gged two top 10🦋 results, signed a multi-year reserve deal with Alpine in January.
This has only fuelled speculation that Doohan’s place at the team is under t🍰hreat.
Is Jack Doohan's F1 seat at-risk?
Asked on Tuesday ahead of the F1 75 launch e🐷vent what he has been told about Colapinto’s role and if that is putting pressure on him, Doohan replied: “I’ve been told he’s a reserve driver.
“I think, regardless, you are one of 20 Formula 1 dr𒊎ivers in the world, and I know when I was a go-karter, in Formula 3, Formula 2 I woulꦡd do anything to be in Formula 1 and sacrifice everything.
“So, I don’t think necessarily someone inside the team, outside the team… someone performing 🦩well is always going to put pressure on your shoulders because you’re in such a cut-throat sport that whatever pressure there may be I look forward to enjoying that, embraci♛ng it, and just enjoying my Formula 1 season.”
When pressed further on this, Doohan🔥 said when asked if he felt undermined by Colapinto’s position: “Is that a question? I was a 21-year-old reserve driver last year with a long-term contract.
“But, no, I don’t. Maybe I should. I don’t really understand the question. But, definitely💃 not.”
Alpine shut down any further questions to Doohan on the subject of Colapinto during its media debrief on Tuesday afte🔯rnoon in London.
Quotes provided by Crash F1 Editor Lewis Larkam
