Alpine are contemplating dropping Jack Doohan from the subsequent Components 1 race in Imola, with Franco Colapinto in line for a return to the grid.
Doohan got here into the 2025 F1 season underneath strain after Alpine surprisingly signed Colapinto as their reserve driver.
The 22-year-old rookie, who’s but to attain factors this season, lashed out final Friday after being eradicated within the first a part of Dash Qualifying for the Miami Grand Prix and retired from Sunday’s race when tangling with Racing Bull’s Liam Lawson on the opening lap.
Sky Sports activities Information understands Alpine are evaluating Doohan’s future and can make a ultimate choice this week, earlier than the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Could 16-18, which marks the beginning of a European triple-header.
Alpine have declined to remark.
Staff principal Oliver Oakes was requested final Friday in a press convention if Doohan can be driving in Imola and stated: “Yeah, as it’s right this moment, Jack is our driver together with Pierre. We have been fairly clear on that. We all the time consider, however yeah – right this moment, that’s the case.”
Oakes didn’t conduct a media session following Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix.
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Alpine’s Jack Doohan had an enormous crash throughout Friday apply in Japan
Doohan failed to attain factors in six races for Alpine since making his F1 debut for the workforce in final December’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, along with his finest end of thirteenth coming final month in China.
He had two heavy crashes, the primary within the race at his residence grand prix in Australia at 2025’s season opener and the second in Friday apply in Japan.
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Jack Doohan and Carlos Sainz lose management on the opening lap and stick it within the wall at the beginning of the Australian GP.
Doohan completed a lapped seventeenth within the Saudi Arabian GP and retired on the primary lap in Miami.
Pierre Gasly has scored all seven of Alpine’s 2025 factors thus far through a seventh-placed end in Bahrain and some extent within the Miami Dash.
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