Thirty years after his father Mick Doohan won the first of his five motorcyling world championships, Doohan has signed a contract with French outfit Alpine, joining compatriots Oscar Piastri (McLaren) and Daniel Ricciardo (RB) among the exclusive group on the F1 circuit next year.
Son of a gun Jack Doohan has secured a berth on next year’s Formula 1 grid, giving Australia potentially three drivers at the top level for the first time in nearly half a century.
In another boost for motorsport in this country, Doohan, 21, is poised to make his F1 debut on home soil at next year’s Australian Grand Prix, which opens the 2025 season due to the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Grands Prix being pushed back to accommodate Ramadan. The announcement on Friday that Doohan will partner Frenchman Pierre Gasly for Alpine had been widely expected in F1 circles. Doohan has been Alpine’s reserve driver since the start of last year after rising through the ranks in Formula 3 and Formula 2. The role had been formerly filled by Piastri before his graduation to the F1 grid with McLaren.
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