Alpine F1 has responded quickly to rumors suggesting that Jack Doohan could be ousted from his Formula 1 seat before even taking the wheel as planned in 2025.
Supported by Bernie Ecclestone, who told the Blick newspaper that the $20 million requested by Williams would not pose a problem. “no problem” executive adviser Flavio Briatore was told that the Enstone-based team could take over Franco Colapinto.
Doohan is rumored to be the transfer victim. But in a new social media post, Alpine added the caption “2025 in progress” on a video of the 21-year-old Australian training.
Frenchman Pierre Gasly is also under contract with Alpine for 2025, but several sources say there are tensions in his relationship with Briatore, the main F1 advisor to Renault CEO Luca de Meo.
Briatore apparently berated the Frenchman in front of the entire race team in Mexico, becoming increasingly annoyed by the Frenchman's tendency to arrive very late at the circuit.
Briatore may have “punished” the 28-year-old by ordering him to attend a test of the two-year-old Alpine A522 in Qatar immediately after the Brazilian GP while Gasly had planned a vacation while waiting for Las Vegas …
