Formula 1 rookie Jack Doohan says “i💛t’s quite a cool🐷 situation” to make his debut as Alpine fights for sixth in the constructors’ standings at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Dooha🅠n will join the F1 grid full-time next year as he steps out of his development role with Alpine into a race sea꧒t alongside Pierre Gasly.

But the Australian’s F1 debut has been moved up to this weekend’s 2024 season finale in Abu Dhabi, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:after Esteban Ocon was dropped🐻 by Alpine following the Qatar GP ahead of his Haas test debut next week.

Alpine and Haas are split bಌy just five points in the constructors’ standings in the battle for a lucrat🐓ive sixth place, with RB 13 points behind the Enstone-based squad.

Doohan - who has carried out extensive simulator work, testing of an old car and two FP1 outings in 2024 - makes his ꦰF1 debut looking to “support the team in any way possible” in i🐬ts quest to secure sixth in the championship.

“It's quite a cool situation for mysꦉelf personally to be thrown into,” Doohan, who had been due to make a third FP1 outing in Abu Dhabi prior to his race call-up, said about the constructors’ battle.

“I'm quite excited, and it's an aw𓂃esome position to experience 🌸as a debut.

“It's something you usually ma📖ybe would experience 22, 23 races into your career, an⭕d I get to experience it now.

“My goal is to just try and be as fast as I can in the car and support the♊ team in an🌜y way possible to ensure that we meet our objective and hopefully finish P6 in the constructors' championship.”

Doohan will be the third rookie to make their F1 debut in 2024, after Olivꦍer Bearman stood in for Carlosಌ Sainz at Ferrari in Jeddah and Franco Colapinto replaced Logan Sargeant at Williams from Monza onwards.

Bearman scored points on his debut for Ferrari, and did so again for Haas in Azerbꦜaijan, while Colapinto broke into the points for ✨Williams in just his second outing.

Asked if the expectations of what rookies should be achieving has increased ahead of his own debut, Doohan said: “Maybe from others, but from myself, 🥀no.

“I'm just going to look forward to the weekend and enjoy it. And I'm confident in my own abilities and I'm ﷽just looking forward to getting comfortable with the car, comfortable with the team.

“I have a 2025 season to enjoy as well. 𒊎So, this is j꧅ust an opportunity to get a feel of [everything].”