Miami, Florida-Laws Summer Alpine confirmed a long-awaited rumor, that Jack Doohan would drive full time as the 2025 season of Formula 1 advanced.
However, when the team signed Franco Colapinto, the Super Sub 2024 in Williams, as a reserve pilot before this season, speculation about Doohan’s long -term safety with Alpine has grown almost daily. This speculation only increased in recent days when Horacio Marin, president and CEO of YPF, appeared on the A24 television news channel and was caught in a hot microphone that indicates that Colapinto would be in the car in the Gran Prize of Emilia Romagna.
YPF, an Argentine energy company, is a financial sponsor or collapint.
Doohan brushed the rumors aside on Thursday when he spoke with the media, including SB nationIn the Miami Grand Prix.
“The sausage was in the pre -season of January when there was the greatest noise, nothing more,” Doohan said during his media session on Thursday.
“It was the city’s talk, but I think there was a new narrative every weekend and, very fast too, I knew what was irrelevant, which was not true and focused on my work.”
“To be honest, in addition to everything, and in difficult times, I never felt affected by that, I had a good group of people around me and the team was also very supportive.”
Thursday was the turn of the director Oliver Oakes.
He asked the duration of the FIA Press Conference on Doohan, Oakes made it clear that he understands that there will always be “speculations”, but that Doohan is the driver of the team “together with Pierre” [Gasly].
“Yes, I mean, look, I saw him as everyone else. I think he was a sponsor from Argentina out of the camera who gives him his opinion about Franco when he will be in the car”, “I mean, I am obviously sure that there are many people in Argentina who would like you in the car this Sunday.
“I think we have a quite open leg as a team.
“That is just noise and Jack needs to continue doing a good job.
But I think it is obviously natural that there is always that speculation there. “
Pressing if Doohan would be in the car in Icola, Oakes declared that as of today, that is the case.
“Yes, I mean, as it is today, Jack is our driver along with Pierre,” Okes said.
“I think we have a fairly clear leg about that. I mean, we always evaluate it, but yes, today that is the case.”
With his background in the driver’s development, he might surprise that Okes seeks to adopt a patient with Doohan. However, it remains to be seen how long that patience lasts.
