Haas F1 reserve driver Jack Doohan received an offer from Ferrari to race in the hypercar category of the World Endurance Championship in 2026, PlanetF1.com can reveal.<\/p>\n
It comes after Doohan announced earlier this week that he will return to competition in the European Le Mans Series this season, almost 12 months after losing his Alpine F1 seat.<\/p>\n
Jack Doohan received Ferrari WEC offer for 2026 season<\/p>\n
Want more PlanetF1.com coverage? Add us as a preferred source on Google<\/a> to your favourites list for news you can trust<\/p>\n Doohan made seven F1 appearances for Alpine across 2024\/25 before being replaced by Franco Colapinto following last year\u2019s Miami Grand Prix.<\/p>\n The Australian reverted to his previous role as Alpine reserve after losing his race seat for the rest of the season before parting ways with the Enstone-based team at the end of 2025.<\/p>\n As revealed by PlanetF1.com<\/a>, Doohan emerged as the leading candidate to become the Haas team\u2019s 2026 reserve driver at the end of last season.<\/p>\n Haas went on to confirm the signing of Doohan, the son of Australian motorcycling great Mick, in February.<\/p>\n Jack Doohan keeps door open for F1 2027 return with Haas reserve role<\/p>\n F1 driver contracts: What is the contract status of every driver on the F1 2026 grid?<\/a><\/p>\n F1 2027 driver line-up: Which drivers are already confirmed for the 2027 grid?<\/a><\/p>\n PlanetF1.com understands that the original plan had been for Doohan to combine his Haas reserve duties with a race seat in the Japan-based Super Formula series with backing from Haas technical partner Toyota.<\/p>\n However, Doohan walked away from the proposed Super Formula switch due to severe reservations over the Kondo Racing team following an eventful test at Suzuka in which he suffered a trio of near-identical accidents.<\/p>\n It is believed that Doohan\u2019s first two crashes at the Degner corners were caused by problems with the car, with the third a result of him pushing too hard while trying to make up for his lost track time.<\/p>\n Doohan announced this week that he will race for Nielsen Racing in the 2026 European Le Mans Series, with the season set to start in Barcelona on April 12.<\/p>\n PlanetF1.com understands that his move to ELMS comes after Ferrari made an offer to Doohan to join its WEC hypercar lineup last winter.<\/p>\n Ferrari, which enjoys a long-term technical partnership with Haas, has enjoyed enormous success since returning to the top tier of endurance racing in 2023.<\/p>\n The 499P hypercar has won the last three editions of the Le Mans 24 Hours, twice with its factory team before the AF Corse satellite outfit \u2013 which fields F1 race winner Robert Kubica \u2013 triumphed in 2025.<\/p>\n Ferrari\u2019s endurance team, led by the widely respected Antonello Coletta, also scooped the WEC drivers\u2019 and manufacturers\u2019 titles last season.<\/p>\n Ferrari fields three 499P machines in the hypercar category, with the Scuderia\u2019s nine-man driver lineup unchanged from 2025 after it failed to reach an agreement with Doohan.<\/p>\n Kubica has been retained in the number 83 AF Corse car alongside China\u2019s Yifei Ye and Phil Hanson, the British racer signed by Ferrari as an \u2018official factory driver\u2019 in January.<\/p>\n The 2024 Le Mans-winning crew of Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen remain on board the number 50 entry, with 2023 Le Mans victors Antonio Giovinazzi, Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado sharing the number 51 car.<\/p>\n The 2026 WEC season will begin at Imola on April 14, with the 24 Hours of Le Mans clashing with F1\u2019s renamed Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix on June 13-14.<\/p>\n Additional reporting by Mat Coch<\/p>\n Want to be the first to know exclusive information from the F1 paddock? Join our broadcast channel on WhatsApp<\/a> to get the scoop on the latest developments from our team of accredited journalists.<\/p>\n You can also subscribe to the PlanetF1 YouTube channel<\/a> for exclusive features, hear from our paddock journalists with stories from the heart of Formula 1 and much more!<\/p>\n