Surprise inside-information pours scrutiny on Alpine’s Franco Colapinto call-up
F1 pundit shares intꦿriguing information abou𒆙t Franco Colapinto testing an Alpine

Inside-information about 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Franco Colapinto crashing his Al꧅pine during testing has been claimed.
Alpine’s busy week began when they informed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Doohan𝓀 shortly af▨ter the F1 Miami Grand Prix that he would be replaced.
Reserve driver Colapinto has been called up to their race car for the n💞🐽ext five races before another team evaluation.
But Karun Chandhok has told the Sky Sports F1 podcast that Colapinto was picked despite crashing in testing for Alpine.
ꦿ“That’s right. They tested at Qatar and Monza🗹. I think he had a shunt, or an off, in those,” Chandhok said.
“Colapinto is a good driver but we o🌃nly saw a small snapshot. It♐’s hard to judge in that small window.
“A lot of hype came out of South ꦡAmerica that he would be their next world champion.
“It would have been the wrong thing if he was promoted to t🥀he Red Bull seat. There was a rumour. It would have been way too early.
“There is no doubt the crash damage bill he caused at Williams was 🃏not small. Th🦂e one in Vegas, Williams were annoyed about that.”
Colapinto lar🐓gely impressed in his earliest outings for Williams last year, which came as a midseason replacement for Logan Sargeant.
He was mentioned aꦯs a potential Red Bull driver amid Sergio Perez’s poor form.
Instead, Alpine snapped him up as a reserve driver ha🍌ving already confi🌠rmed rookie Doohan, alongside Pierre Gasly, as their 2025 line-up.
Doohan was plagued with rumours that Colapinto would take his place even before the fi🌄rst grand prix of the 🍌season.
What next for Jack Doohan?

Doohan steps back into a role as Alpine reserve𒈔 driver for the next five F1 rounds, while Colapinto races.
His best hope for an F1 comeback?
“Hope that Colapinto cra♑shes again, as I believe he has a couple of times, I don't know how serious they were,” Craig Slater said.
“Even in ജthese four outings he’s h🍨ad, testing the 2023 car, there have been incidents.”
Chandhok is not convinced that Doohan will find ano🐈ther opportunity in F1.
“📖It will be tough for him to land a seat somewhere else,” he said.
“He came into the Alpine seat when they lost Esteban Ocon. They didn’t have any other established dr🍌ivers [to consider as a replacement].
“They decided to promote from within. I don’t think Jack was on t🅺he radar of any other t꧒eam.
“W𓆉ith Cadillac coming in, there are rumblings about the driver market. But I am not hearing Jack at the top of anyone’s list.
“His best option is if Colapinto struggles, and they give him tꩲhe ch🃏ance to improve more.
“It is odd, the five-race deal. It’s not exactly a vote of confidence to t🤪he dr෴iver.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering𝓰 everything from American sports, to football, to F1.