Jack Doohan’s first words after harsh Alpine swap with Franco Colapinto
Jack Doohan vows to watch Franco Colapinto's five-r𒉰ace stint 🌳"with interest"

Jack Doohan has vowed to continue chasing his own “goals” despite being dropped from Alpine’s﷽ F1 car.
Aꩲlpine have confirmed that reserve driver Franco Colapinto will immediately take over from the struggling Doohan, starting from the F1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.
But🀅 Colapinto will have five races to impress before Alpine༒ will evaluate their line-up again.
Jack Doohan reaction to Alpine axing
D🎃oohan reacted to his demotion: “I am very proud to have achieved my lifelong ambition to be a professional Formula One driver and I will forever be grateful to the team for helping me achieve this dream.
"Obviously, this latest chapter is a tough one for me to take because, as a professional driver, nat💛urally I want to be racing.
“That said, I ap🐈preciate the team’s trust and commitment. We have long-term goals as a team to achieve and I will continue to give my maximum efforts in any way I can to help achi💯eve those.
“For now, I will keep my head down, keep working hard, watch with interest🀅 the next five races and keep chasing my own personal goals.”
Dooh🐭an will drop into Colapinto’s old role as a reserve driver during the next fi♛ve F1 rounds.
Australian driver D⛦oohan, son of motorcycle racing legend Mick, was competing in his rookie F1 campaign this ye♈ar.
But it has potentially ended, depending upon Alpine’s next evaluation, after only six grands prix.
Doohan has failed to score a point during that time, prompting Flavio Briatore to🐬 make a trademark ruthles🗹s call.
Doohan bettered teammate Pierre Gasly i💛n qualifying forꦓ the first time at last weekend’s F1 Miami Grand Prix but it wasn’t enough to keep him in their car.
Cola💧pinto was signed as Alpine’s reserve driver after the team had already confirmed Doohan for their 2025 F1 driver line-up.
Argentine driver C𒅌olapinto was snapped up after an impressive but short stint with Williams last year.

James was a sports journalist ⛄at Sky Sportsꦛ for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.