BWT Alpine F1 Workforce is delighted to announce the promotion of Reserve Driver Jack Doohan right into a full-time race seat for the 2025 FIA Components 1 World Championship season.
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Jack will be a part of the already signed and introduced Pierre Gasly to kind the crew’s driver pairing for subsequent season, changing into the primary Alpine Academy prospect to graduate right into a race seat. Pierre and Jack give the crew a steadiness of youth and expertise in its driver line-up geared in direction of constructing a profitable future.
The 21-year-old Australian – son of the legendary five-time 500cc motorcycling world champion – Mick Doohan – has served because the crew’s Reserve Driver for the previous two years after a profitable junior profession in worldwide single-seater racing.
Jack completed runner-up within the 2021 FIA Components 3 Championship and third place within the 2023 FIA Components 2 Championship earlier than changing into a full-time Reserve Driver in 2024, the place he has been a helpful contributor within the crew’s driver-in-loop simulator.
Jack’s distinctive efficiency on the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix, the place he turned the primary driver in Components 2 historical past to take pole place, race win, quickest lap, and lead each lap of a Function Race, is a testomony to his extraordinary expertise. His six wins, 5 pole positions, and 5 podium finishes within the class over two seasons additional underscore his exceptional potential.
He’ll proceed as a Reserve Driver for the rest of the 2024 season, collaborating in common Testing of Earlier Vehicles (TPC) occasions within the A522 Components 1 automobile and duties within the crew’s simulator on choose race weekends.
Jack Doohan (AUS) Alpine F1 Workforce Reserve Driver. Components 1 World Championship, Rd 9, Canadian Grand Prix, Thursday sixth June 2024. Montreal, Canada.
Jack Doohan commented:
I’m so blissful to safe a promotion to a full-time race seat in 2025 with the BWT Alpine F1 Workforce. I’m very grateful for the belief and perception of the crew’s senior administration. There’s a lot work to be ready and prepared for, and I’ll do my finest to soak up as a lot data and data as potential to organize for the step-up. It’s exceptionally satisfying to be the primary graduate of the Alpine Academy to be in a race seat with the crew. I’m extremely grateful to those that supported me to make this a actuality. It’s an thrilling second, a proud day for my household, and I stay up for taking all of it in and pushing laborious behind the scenes.
Oliver Oakes, Workforce Principal Alpine F1 Workforce, added:
We’re very excited to advertise Jack into the race seat from subsequent season and, in doing so, permit him to showcase his ability and expertise in Components 1. Jack will turn into the primary driver to graduate from the Alpine Academy and enter a race driver place with the crew, which is exceptionally pleasing for the crew and its younger driver pathway. I labored with Jack in 2019 and absolutely know his uncooked expertise and potential. He’s a tough employee behind the scenes, and the crew extremely values his dedication. Alongside Pierre, we have now a well-balanced driver line-up with youthful vitality, expertise, and velocity. The crew eagerly appears to be like ahead to the 2025 season, the place we are going to work with Jack and Pierre to develop the automobile additional and climb up the grid. The potential of our driver line-up has us all excited for the longer term.
