LUSAIL, Qatar — Jack Doohan is poised to replace Esteban Ocon at Alpine for the Formula One Abu Dhabi season finale after talks this weekend in Qatar. Alpine announced in August that Doohan, its reserve driver, would step up to a full-time seat for 2025 and replace Ocon, who had signed a deal in July to join Haas.

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Esteban Ocon is being replaced by Jack Doohan for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as he prepares to depart the Alpine Formula 1 team ahead of the season’s end.

Alpine has opted to replace Esteban Ocon with reserve driver Jack Doohan for the final race of the 2023 Formula 1 season in Abu Dhabi, as tensions between the team and the outgoing driver escalate.

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Jack Doohan could make his Formula 1 race debut at this weekend’s season-ending Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Image:

Alpine could give Australian Jack Doohan his Formula One race debut at next weekend's Abu Dhabi season-ender as replacement for soon-to-depart Esteban Ocon, team boss Oliver Oakes said on Sunday.

Esteban Ocon has been dropped by Alpine with just one race of the Formula 1 season left following his heavy crash at the Qatar Grand Prix. The French driver’s race was over before it began at the Losail circuit after he collided with Haas’ Nico Hulkenberg and Williams’ Franco Colapinto at the first corner.