“I completely understand,” Jack Doohan opines on the disappointment of “missing out” on Alpine F1 seat for 2023


“I completely understand,” Jack Doohan opines on the disappointment of “missing out” on Alpine F1 seat for 2023

Jack Doohan

Jack Doohan, the Alpine academy driver has recently talked about missing out on the 2023 F1 seat, on the French team alongside Esteban Ocon, and has indicated that he completely understands why the team decided to go for Pierre Gasly.

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The seat became available when Fernando Alonso, during the summer break announced that he has signed a multi-year deal with the Aston Martin F1 team.

While there was a lot of hype around Jack Doohan getting the drive for 2023, but the team made it known that they had gone for Pierre Gasly to fill in the position.

Doohan was stressed on the topic recently, and he added, “I completely understand on the decision to take Pierre, he has a lot of experience and I’m sure it will bring great things to the team.”

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Pierre Gasly (IMAGO / PanoramiC)
Pierre Gasly (IMAGO / PanoramiC)

Hopefully they can have a really successful season next year. Regardless, I wasn’t going to be in that position with it, or not happening anyway.”

The Australian has wished Esteban and Pierre to have a solid season next year and further believes that even if Gasly had not signed with Alpine, he was not in a position to get the seat.

Jack Doohan feels an opening at Alpine can open for him in the future

Jack Doohan
Jack Doohan

While the Australian has made it clear that he was not in the front running for the 2023 seat on the Alpine F1 team, he has not closed the door on getting a future opportunity to race for the French outfit.

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While stressing about the same, he added, “Wherever I would have ended up was going to be a bonus, I would have loved to have been in the seat. But who knows, you know, everything happens for a reason, maybe now I’ll be more ready than ever when that time comes.”

It’s good to know that I do have the support from the team to know that I can be branched out if that weren’t the case, and if the opportunity came available.”

Alpine
Alpine

Jack Doohan is a young promising talent that has done well in F2, and considering that he is going to be back racing in the competition next year, another F2 season will help him in honing his skills as a driver, which would help him in all his future endeavors.

F1 is an unpredictable sport where strange things happen regularly, and with Esteban and Pierre tied with Alpine until 2024, would Doohan get considered if one of them does not have decent two years with the team?

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