Aussie F1 star Jack Doohan admits performance 'pressure' amid team release

Jack Doohan and Daniel Ricciardo share a joke at the Canadian Grand Prix — Photo: © IMAGO

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Aussie F1 star admits performance 'pressure' amid team release

Jack Doohan is due to drive with Alpine in 2025

Sam Cook Digital Journalist

Sports Journalist who has been covering motorsport since 2023

Monday 6 January 2025 20:58 Updated: 11:25

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Formula 1 star Jack Doohan has revealed that the 'pressure' to perform will immediately be on his shoulders when he makes his full-time debut in 2025, in a new release from his team.

Doohan has signed with Alpine for the 2025 season, with the Enstone-based team coming off the back of a resurgent few months.

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Having started the season as clearly the worst-performing team on the F1 grid, Alpine finished 2024 with a flurry of points-scoring finishes - including two podiums - as they finished up in sixth in the constructors' championship.

Doohan even managed to make his debut during that resurgent spell, replacing Esteban Ocon at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and finishing down in 15th.

Jack Doohan will drive with Alpine in 2025

Flavio Briatore has hinted at pressure on Jack Doohan to perform immediately

Doohan already under pressure at Alpine?

Ahead of the 2025 season, Alpine's executive advisor Flavio Briatore insisted that Doohan may be replaced as the team's driver if he does not hit the ground running, with a number of young stars queuing up.

As well as Alpine young talents Victor Martins, Abbi Pulling and Gabriele Mini, Briatore has admitted to having his eye on 2024 star Franco Colapinto.

The Argentine racer shone with Williams after replacing Logan Sargeant midway through the season, but has been left without a seat on the F1 grid as Williams had already opted to sign outgoing Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz.

Now, Doohan has commented on the difficulties of getting into F1, even if you have the talent to do so, highlighting the importance of performing once given a full-time seat.

"The chances are so so slim. You can do everything right, tick all the boxes, execute perfectly and for whatever reason, timing, bit of luck, fortune, and it doesn't happen," Doohan said in a new release on Alpine's official YouTube channel.

"You're so close but also so far. The whole time I knew that I had the capabilities to do so, I believed in myself and my abilities and so did the team. There is pressure to perform."

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