The Alpine Formula 1 team faces major changes with the replacement of a driver and the resignation of the team manager.
Alpine said on Wednesday that Franco Colapinto will replace Jack Doohan for the next five weeks and hoped to find better results for a team anchored by Pierre Gasly. Alpine, an ongoing “evaluation” after the plan to return the drivers, he said.
22 -year -old Doohan was a reserve driver for Alpine, but he was promoted to the main racing squad where Esteban Ocon moved to HAAS last season.
However, Doohan’s performance was criticized. This season seven initially, the best finish is 13th and Australia has a zero score and is finally connected to the driver’s ranking. Gasly has only seven points and 12th place.
In contrast, McLaren teammates have 250 points of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris and 1-2 in the driver ranking.
Doohan will take Colapinto’s position as a reserve driver.
“I am very proud to get the ambition to be a professional Formula 1 driver, and I will be grateful to the team forever because it helps me to reach this dream.” He said. “Obviously, this last chapter is a difficult part of me because I want to compete naturally as a professional driver.
He said: “This, I appreciate the trust and commitment of the team. As a team, we have long -term goals and I will continue to give my maximum efforts to reach them. For now, I will keep my head down, I will continue to work, I will continue to work with interest in the next five races and continue to chase my own personal goals.”
It is unclear what the role of the driver’s move to the resignation of the Alpine Director Oliver Oakes.
In a statement published on Tuesday night, Alpine announced Oakes’ resignation and said the team manager consultant would add OAKES’s tasks.
“The team would like to thank Oliver for his efforts since he joined last summer, and helps him to take the sixth place in the 2024 Construction Championships, Read in the description. Alpine is in the nine of the existing rankings.
“The team will not comment any more.”
Argentine Colapinto will be behind the steering wheel at the Emilia-Romangna Grand Prix in Italy at the weekend of May 16-18.
Orum I’m looking forward to starting, Cola said Colapinto, who was 22 years old this month.
-FELD level media
