US EditionComings and goings at Alpine are part of a pattern of change
- Alpine replaced driver Jack Doohan with Franco Colapinto for at least five races starting May 16, 2025, amid significant team changes at Enstone.
- This decision followed Oliver Oakes' resignation as team principal and Flavio Briatore's return to lead Alpine amidst ongoing performance and management instability.
- Briatore, a controversial figure banned in 2009 but reinstated later, aims to assess drivers fully ahead of 2026’s major F1 regulation change while switching Alpine to Mercedes power units.
- Doohan scored zero points with multiple crashes, while Gasly holds all seven team points and works under his fourth team principal this season, illustrating continuous upheaval.
- These rapid leadership and driver changes reflect Alpine’s unsettled state and raise questions about long-term stability despite potential short-term performance improvements.
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Motor racing-Comings and goings at Alpine are part of a pattern of change
LONDON (Reuters) -Alpine have gone from having the youngest principal in the Formula One paddock to the oldest, while handing Pierre Gasly a third different teammate in nine races -- all in the space of 24 hours. Read full story
Comings and goings at Alpine are part of a pattern of change
LONDON :Alpine have gone from having the youngest principal in the Formula One paddock to the oldest, while handing Pierre Gasly a third different teammate in nine races - all in the space of 24 hours. Once again the words turmoil and chaos, perhaps unfairly, are being attached to the Renault-owned team whose
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We're only through six rounds of the 2025 Formula 1 season, and we already have our second driver change of the season, and believe it or not, this time it has nothing to do with Red Bull.Alpine has announced that rookie driver Jack Doohan has been demoted to reserve driver, and will be replaced by Franco Colapinto, who replaced Logan Sargeant at Williams part way through the 2024 season.Interestingly, Colapinto has only been confirmed "for at l…
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