Jack Doohan told he has to ‘drive out of skin’ to keep F1 seat

Jack Doohan receiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚves latest ꦉwarning about his F1 future.

Jack Doohan
Jack Doohan

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Doohan has been warned he will have to “drive out of his skin” to retain his F1 seat with Alpine during the 2025 season.

The 22-year-old Australian is heading into his first full F1 season having been promoted into a race seat alongside 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pierre Gasly to replace 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Esteban Ocon, who left the Enstone squad to join Haas.

But Doohan already finds himself under pressure following Alpine’s decision to sign 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Franco Colapinto from Williams to beco🤡me their new reserve driver.

There is speculatio♏n Doohan may only be on a short-term deal with Alpine, potentially giving the team the freedom to make a driver change if he doesn’t perform.

Colapinto is known to be highly thought of by Alpine advisor Flavio Briatore, who warned Doohan he will 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:“control” every aspect of his career in the latest season🐻 of Netflix’s Drive to Survive.

And 1997 F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve believes Doohan wi🐎ll be expected to aܫt least match Gasly’s level of performance.

“Jack Doohan is under a lot of pressure because he’s been an extra driver for too many years doing testing and so basically not racing,” Villeneꦕuve told .

“Not racing for long there's always the risk that you might lose your mojo and you become complacent so that's a little bit difficult. The race he did last year at the end of the season wasn't impressive. You know you get one race at the end of the sꦰeason you have to be a bit tougher.

"It wasn't impressive when you put him unde🌜r that pressure so it will be good to see how he reacts to that pressure now. I hope it goes well. You know he's a nice guy. He's passionate. He's been working hard at it for a long time. He's prepared himself and it would be a𝓀 shame if all this preparation came to nothing.

“He has to drive out of his skin. He has to be at the worst on Gasly’s level. Like, not even be💫hind, on his level. Like, a few hundredths in front or behind, but just there, at worst. And he actually needs to beat him.”

Colaptinto has ‘no pressure on shoulders’

In contrast, Villeneuv🔯e does not think Colapinto would face the same level of pressure if he was swapped in for Doohan at any point this season.

“Franco Colapinto came in with a bang, then did a little bit too much damage and tarnished it a little bit after the initial positive image he earned, but he's still viewed as a su꧒per quick driver. He is there trying to take one of the two seats, obviously,” he said.

“He's the one that has no pressure on his shoulder so it cannot go bad. He's in the slowest car you know so it won't matter too much if he beats the competition, that would be a 🌄wow, what a surprise. If he doesn’t, people won’t really mind.

“He needs time to learn so it won’t do any damage to him. He’s the one with 𒆙the least pressure on his shoulders which should allow him to learn and perform.”

On Briatore, Villeneuve added: “It's a diff⛄erent team now. It's really difficult to understand the politic🦩s, the balance, but Flavio Briatore is there to clean up and everybody's at risk.” 

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