Jack Doohan will substitute Esteban Ocon at Alpine for the ultimate grand prix of the season in Abu Dhabi this weekend.
The Australian has already been signed to race for Alpine alongside Ocon’s team-mate Pierre Gasly in 2025.
The transfer to draft in Doohan early comes as a part of a deal to permit Ocon to drive for his new crew Haas within the post-season check at Abu Dhabi on 10 December.
Ocon was contracted to Alpine till the tip of the 12 months, however releasing him a race early advantages all events.
It offers Doohan, the son of five-time MotoGP champion Mick Doohan, an opportunity to realize expertise of a grand prix weekend earlier than subsequent season’s first race, which is his dwelling grand prix in Melbourne on 14-16 March.
And it permits Ocon to expertise Haas’ crew and automobile earlier than heading into his winter preparations with the crew.
Relations between Ocon and Alpine have soured this season, and the crew decided to not proceed with the Frenchman after he collided with Gasly on the primary lap of the Monaco Grand Prix.
An Alpine assertion mentioned: “He’ll stay a part of the crew’s historical past (after) attaining the primary win for Alpine in System 1. We want Esteban the perfect for the longer term.”
Ocon and scored two additional podiums for Alpine in 5 years with the crew – a 3rd in Monaco in 2023 and second in Brazil this 12 months – by means of its iterations as Renault after which from 2021 Alpine.
