Alpine confirm Jack Doohan to race in Abu Dhabi as Esteban Ocon is released
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/breaking-alpine-confirm-doohan-to-race-in-abu-dhabi-as-ocon-is-released.5rrOqcBxVZooeD6B38GWi0
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Knuschberkeks@leminal.space · 15 pts · 1y
why would you throw in a rookie in place of an established driver when you still have to fight for P6 in the conatructors?
Pringles@lemm.ee · 16 pts · 1y
Doohan is less likely to ram Gasly into the barriers?
BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com · 10 pts · 1y
Apparently discussions accelerated following Ocon's P20 quali, so Alpine's top management may have thought that Doohan cannot do worse than Ocon? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
roflo1@feddit.nl · 7 pts · 1y
I mean… you can’t finish farther down than p20, but that’s not all that can go wrong. ;)
JeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 1y
They don't care. They're going to be sold to another oil-state fund. They planned already to be last is 2025 so yeah
JeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 1y
Wow this season is quite different from the last 20 something years: many many driver changes during the season.
Microw@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
2017 was similar
_ed@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 1y
Gasly & Ocon seemed like a match (not) made in heaven. See also [anyone] & Ocon.