Doohan to race for Alpine at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Jack Doohan will switch Esteban Ocon astatine Alpine for the last expansive prix of the play successful Abu Dhabi this weekend.

The Australian has already been signed to title for Alpine alongside Ocon’s team-mate Pierre Gasly successful 2025.

The move to draught successful Doohan early comes arsenic portion of a woody to let Ocon to thrust for his caller squad Haas successful the post-season trial astatine Abu Dhabi connected 10 December.

Ocon was contracted to Alpine until the extremity of the year, but releasing him a title early benefits each parties.

It gives Doohan, the boy of five-time MotoGP champion Mick Doohan, a chance to summation acquisition of a expansive prix play earlier adjacent season’s first race, which is his location expansive prix successful Melbourne connected 14-16 March.

And it allows Ocon to acquisition Haas’ squad and car earlier heading into his wintertime preparations pinch the team.

Relations betwixt Ocon and Alpine person soured this season, and the squad made a determination not to proceed pinch the Frenchman aft he collided pinch Gasly connected the first thigh of the Monaco Grand Prix.

An Alpine connection said: "He will stay portion of the team’s history (after) achieving the first triumph for Alpine successful Formula 1. We wish Esteban the champion for the future."

Ocon won the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix and scored 2 further podiums for Alpine successful 5 years pinch the squad - a 3rd successful Monaco successful 2023 and 2nd successful Brazil this twelvemonth - done its iterations arsenic Renault and past from 2021 Alpine.