Jack Doohan is leaving the Alpine Method 1 staff for the 2026 season.
A product of the Alpine Academy since his Method 2 years, Doohan graduated to its F1 line-up on the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, getting a head begin forward of his maiden marketing campaign in 2025.
However by then, Alpine signed a lot of reserve drivers, together with Franco Colapinto. Doohan struggled – he outqualified Pierre Gasly solely twice in eight classes, was greater than six tenths off the tempo in half of these, and had a greatest results of thirteenth on Sundays.
Alpine subsequently promoted Colapinto to a race seat and demoted Doohan to his former reserve driver function, which the 22-year-old admitted was “a tricky one for [him] to take”.
Doohan is now leaving the Enstone-based squad to pursue a unique profession path, particularly a possible Tremendous Method marketing campaign with Kondo Racing that also isn’t official after the Australian crashed thrice on the identical Degner 2 nook in a Suzuka check.
Alpine’s assertion in full
“BWT Alpine Method One Workforce confirms it has reached a mutual settlement with Jack Doohan to not proceed his driving providers with the staff for the 2026 FIA Method One World Championship season and permit him to pursue different profession alternatives.
“Jack turned the primary member of the Alpine Academy to graduate right into a race seat with the staff when he made his grand prix debut on the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
“The staff wish to thank Jack for his dedication and professionalism to the staff for the previous 4 years, each on and off observe, and desires him all one of the best for the long run.”
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