Jack Doohan is one of five pilots in this Formula 1 season. And at the moment there is a lot of indication that it stays that way, because the cockpit of the alpine driver is considered a spin seat. A secret test on the past weekend, which has now been reported, should not exactly have enlarged Doohan’s confidence.
Jack Doohan is “heavily counted” in Formula 1, as F1 expert Felix Görner recently in his column for sport.de wrote. The alpine pilot “will get two more races and now has to grow significantly in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia,” said the RTL reporter further about the fate of the 22-year-old Australian, who has had a difficult time since his obligation.
Among other things, this is due to the fact that Franco Colapinto lurks in the background of the meantime of the meantime of last season. Colapinto had convinced in 2024 as a spontaneous replacement at Williams for the fired Nyck de Vries, but the way to the regular cockpit for 2025 was blocked because the British racing team had already signed Carlos Sainz as the new colleague of Alex Albon.
Colapinto continued to Alpine, where he was contracted as a test and reserve driver. And as “Speedweek.com” now reports, Colapinto, while Doohan struggled at the Japan Grand Prix, on the last weekend in Monza in a secret test in an older Formula 1 racing car from Alpine. Also included: Paul Aron, another reserve driver of the team.
It is obvious that Colapinto and Aron were moving a further step towards Formula 1 and possibly also based on the lap times. Doohan should not have liked the news that the duo could get used to the processes in an F1 car.
Formula 1: Colapinto use only a question of the “when”
Because even before the season it was said again and again that Colapinto could take on Doohan’s seat after just a few races if he didn’t deliver.
“Only his own manager, Flavio Briatore, and with it the Alpine boss, saves him from being thrown out. Only because Briatore Doohan has contracted, the rookie has not yet been flown out,” said sport.de-In -expert Görner.
As “Speedweek.com” continues, according to the “murmur in the paddock”, it is only a matter of time before Alpine Doohan replaces with Colapinto. It is no longer about “whether”, but about “when”. After the test in Monza, Colapinto should be a little better prepared for it.