JackDoohan

Alpine’s F1 reserve since 2023, Jack Doohan stepped up to full-time racer for the start of 2025, having been handed an early Grand Prix debut for the team at 2024’s season finale.

Doohan became the latest Aussie to join the F1 grid, and the young Queenslander is not short of racing pedigree – he already has plenty of F3 and F2 wins to his name, and that’s before we mention his father, five-time motorcycle world champion, Mick.

After his single-seater debut in British Formula 4, followed by stints in Italian F4, ADAC F4 and Asian F3, Doohan stepped up to FIA Formula 3 in 2020, finishing championship runner-up the following year.

The 2022 season saw him join Alpine’s driver development programme and finish sixth overall in his rookie FIA Formula 2 campaign. The following year he was up to third, thanks to three race wins, including impressive back-to-back feature race victories in Hungary and Belgium.

Formula 1 experience came via Alpine, with free practice outings at Grands Prix in 2022, 2023 and 2024. And having served his apprenticeship with the French squad, Doohan’s reward was a shot at the big time as team mate to F1 race winner Pierre Gasly.

But a tough start to the 2025 campaign saw him fail to make an impact and after six rounds Alpine chose to ‘rotate’ him with former Williams racer Franco Colapinto. Back in a reserve role, only time will tell if Doohan gets another chance of Grand Prix glory.