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DOOHAN CERTAIN F1 SEAT WILL COME IF HE DELIVERS F2 RESULTS

By Timothy Neal

Jack Doohan, an Alpine Academy driver, had his second Formula 1 test at Monza just prior to the British Grand Prix weekend. 

Ahead of this weekend’s race at Paul Ricard in France, AUTO ACTION’s Dan McCarthy spoke with Doohan following his breakthrough victory at Silverstone

He admits that while there is no door currently ajar for an F1 seat, his pitch will be made via his F2 results.

Fellow Australian Oscar Piastri is looking first in the line for an F1 seat, seeing as he is the official Alpine reserve and test driver, and has been heavily linked with an F1 drive with Williams next year.

Last year Piastri won the F2 Championship in his rookie season just 12 months after winning the F3 championship in his debut season.

Despite this, Alpine could not offer Piastri a seat with the factory team, and as a result has been waiting on the sidelines.

With Piastri struggling to secure a seat, Doohan could also be faced with a wait until he can secure an F1 drive. 

However Doohan explained he will let his results do the talking,

“We just need to keep chipping away at it and keep getting solid points, consistently put ourselves in a good position,” he said to AUTO ACTION.

“For me our pace has been really good this season,” Doohan says. 

“Just weren’t able to get any good points on the board for the first three rounds, but we were always qualifying on the front two rows and had good pace.” …

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