Australian driver Jack Doohan has left the Alpine Formula 1 team to pursue other career opportunities, the team announced.
Alpine dropped Doohan from its racing line-up eight months ago, replacing him with Franco Colapinto six races into the 2025 F1 campaign. His best finish was 13th at the Chinese Grand Prix on March 23.
Doohan still was under contract but the team said it reached a “mutual agreement with Jack Doohan to not continue his driving services with the team for the 2026 FIA Formula One world championship season and allow him to pursue other career opportunities.”
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Doohan continued to work with Alpine as a test driver and a reserve after being demoted. Alpine finished last among the 10 teams in the F1 constructors’ standings.
Doohan, 22, had been with Alpine since 2022 after coming up through the Red Bull Junior program from 2017-21.
When Alpine replaced the Australian with the Argentinian driver, Doohan admitted the move was “a tough one to take”.
Jack Doohan will seek other opportunities. Bryn Lennon/Formula 1 via Getty Images
“I am very proud to have achieved my lifelong ambition to be a professional Formula One driver and I will forever be grateful to the team for helping me achieve this dream,” he said at the time.
“Obviously, this latest chapter is a tough one to take because, as a professional driver, I want to be racing.”
It’s understood Doohan is considering a switch to Kondo Racing in the Super Formula championship.
Nothing’s official yet, however, after he crashed three times at the same Degner 2 corner in a Suzuka test late last year.