Alpine Formula 1 team replaces Esteban Ocon with Jack Doohan for the Abu Dhabi season finale as Ocon prepares to join Haas in the next season.

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.

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.

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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.

Jack Doohan, who is signed to drive for Alpine in 2025, will take over the car in Abu Dhabi.

Australian Jack Doohan is set to make a shock early Formula 1 debut at this weekend’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in place of the outbound Esteban Ocon.

Esteban Ocon is to part company with Alpine ahead of next weekend’s F1 2024 season finale in Abu Dhabi, PlanetF1.com understands. Ocon announced earlier this year that he join Haas on a multi-year contract from the F1 2025 season,

Alpine are expected to replace Esteban Ocon with Jack Doohan at the Abu Dhabi GP. After five years at Enstone, Ocon is set to depart prematurely after a disappointing Qatar GP and an extended spell of worsening relations with the team.