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Alpine F1 demotion is "tough to take", admits Doohan

Jack Doohan says losing his race seat at the Alpine F1 team to Franco Colapinto is "a tough one for me to take" after it was confirmed he would step back, six races into the 2025 season.

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Jack Doohan: Alpine F1 demotion is "tough to take"

Jack Doohan says losing his race seat at the Alpine F1 team to Franco Colapinto is "a tough one for me to take" after it was confirmed he would step back, six races into the 2025 season.

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Flavio Briatore takes on Alpine F1 team lead duties as Colapino replaces Doohan

Oliver Oakes has resigned as principal of Alpine with immediate effect and former executive advisor Flavio Briatore is taking over his duties

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Chaos at Alpine as F1 team boss resigns ahead of expected Jack Doohan axe

Oliver Oakes has left the team amid speculation Doohan is set to lose his seat to Franco Colapinto

The Independent UK

Oliver Oakes resigns as Alpine team principal with Flavio Briatore taking over

Oakes’ responsibilities will now be assumed by 75-year-old executive director Flavio Briatore.

The Independent UK

Alpine F1 team boss Oliver Oakes resigns with immediate effect

Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes as resigned with immediate effect, the team has announced. Oakes was brought to the team in July last year to replace Bruno Famin and then went on to form a tandem with executive advisor Flavio Briatore. But six races into the 2025 season Oakes has…

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Alpine F1 team boss Oakes resigns with immediate effect

Alpine Formula 1 team principal Oliver Oakes has resigned with immediate effect, the squad has announced.

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Jack Doohan dropped from Alpine F1 seat after just seven races

The 22-year-old Australian driver has lost his seat for the next five races, starting in Imola

The Independent UK

F1 Panel: Would Alpine be right to replace Jack Doohan with Franco Colapinto?

Everyone who follows F1 closely saw it coming… The rumours about Jack Doohan’s premature sacking from Alpine after just a handful of races in 2025 started circulating in the paddock as early as last November.

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F1 Panel: Would it be right for Alpine to replace Doohan with Colapinto?

Everyone who follows Formula 1 closely could see it coming… The rumours about Jack Doohan’s premature sacking from Alpine after just a handful of races in 2025 started circulating in the paddock as early as last November. The name of his possible replacement has been known since then too. Franco…

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How Alpine has gone from P20 to P4 on Bahrain GP grid in 12 months

“I knew after my last corner [in Q3] this lap would put me in a very good place,” Pierre Gasly told media after qualifying for Formula 1's 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix. “But nowhere near close thinking it would put us like four hundredths off the top three and only three…

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Alpine’s 12-month F1 turnaround: P20 to P4 on Bahrain GP grid

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The other F1 driver still under pressure

Pre-season, those amenable to a wager would have thought the odds on Jack Doohan being fired before Liam Lawson insufficiently lucrative to justify placing a bet. It seemed to be a dead cert, what with Alpine lining up Franco Colapinto as a ‘test and reserve driver’ within a month of…

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Rock-and-roll Eddie Jordan gave Schumacher his debut – and his flamboyance captivated F1’s paddock

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Gasly's optimism that "pieces falling in the right place" at Alpine seems well placed

An effervescent Pierre Gasly believes that Alpine is operating at “the best” he has seen since joining the Anglo-French outfit in 2023, marking a considerable sea change in the team's fortunes compared to its flat-footed start to last season.

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How Alpine signing a fourth F1 reserve driver replicates Briatore's Renault

You may be wondering why Alpine has just signed a fourth Formula 1 reserve driver. There may be tens or even hundreds of thousands of reasons, if not millions.

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Briatore's blueprint to replicate Alpine's past F1 title success

It turns out that Formula One Management is not alone in planning on producing a new movie. If Flavio Briatore gets his way, then Alpine is also working on a blockbuster hit that would tell the story of it winning the 2027 Formula 1 world championship.

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How Briatore aims to direct Alpine’s F1 title ambitions into a blockbuster hit

It turns out that Formula One Management are not alone in planning on producing a new movie. If Flavio Briatore gets his way, then Alpine is also working on a blockbuster hit that would tell the story of it winning the 2027 Formula 1 world championship.

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The heroes and villains of "Drive to Survive" Season 7

Following the departure of Netflix's darling characters from the F1 docuseries, there's a few open seats for favorites, as well as the ones we love to hate.

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Carlos Sainz ghosted James Vowles after his initial offer to join Williams

The 7th season of the F1 docu-series captures an awkward moment when Sainz skips out on his now-boss at Williams to entertain another offer

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Doohan vs Colapinto: Is it really all decided?

Has the emergence of an opportunity to unlock millions from Argentina, with Franco Colapinto as the bait, sealed Jack Doohan's fate at Alpine? Many in the paddock now see it as an almost inevitable scenario: if Doohan underperforms in the first few races – or even if he is just unspectacular –…

The Independent UK

Christian Horner scandal rehashed as Drive to Survive unearths new F1 villain

Review: Behind the scenes footage in season seven of the Netflix docu-series shows a new side to the Red Bull soap-opera at the start of the 2024 season – while Alpine kingmaker Flavio Briatore is a surprise antagonist

Autosport

The next phase in Alpine’s F1 recovery

If you had told any Formula 1 fan at the start of 2024 that by the end of the season Alpine would have a double podium and finish sixth in the constructors’ championship, you would probably have been met by some very confused looks.

Autosport

What each F1 team must nail in 2025 to improve

A new Formula 1 season is just around the corner, with teams preparing for the lifting of the covers from their final challengers under the current regulations at London's O2 Arena on 18 February.

Motorsport

Alpine's Colapinto deal is a pressure cooker for Doohan, but is it fair to him?

There's one significant detail about Franco Colapinto's move to Alpine – and that's his current job description at Enstone probably not being what he and his managers are really aiming for.

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