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5最新开奖结果:Formula 1 rookie 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Doohan says he is “definitely not” being undermined by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果: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 having൲ competed in last year’s Abu Dh💎abi GP with the team, in which he was 15th.
Over the winter, however, his place at the team 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:has been rumoured to be under threat, with reports suggesting that he has only a handful of races in 2025 to prove himself before being reꦰplaced by Colapinto.
Argentina racer Colapinto, who contested nine grands prix in 2024 with Williams and bagged t♔wo top 10 results, signed a multi-year reserve deal with Alpine in Jaꦡnuary.
This has only fuelled🦋 speculation that Doohan’s place at ꧂the team is under threat.
Is Jack Doohan's F1 seat at-risk?
Asked on Tuesday ahead of the F1 75 launch event wha꧅t he has be🎉en 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 drivers in the world, and I know ཧwhen I was a go-karter, in Formula 3, Formula 2 I would do anything to be in Formula 1 and sacrifice everything.
“S𝔍o, 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, embracing 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, defi♏nitely not.”
Alpine shut down any further ques🐻tions to Doohan on the subject of Colapinto during its media debrief on Tuesday ♏afternoon in London.
Quotes provided by Crash F1 Editor Lewis Larkam
