Why Alpine have signed Colapinto - and what it means for Doohan

The Race F1 Podcast

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4.6 • 942 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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We explain Franco Colapinto's move to Alpine as test and reserve driver and what it might mean for Jack Doohan in the latest episode of The Race F1 Podcast. Scott Mitchell-Malm joins Edd Straw to unravel the interestingly-worded deal, and discuss how it fits into Alpine's plans for the future. The question of how Alpine's other newly-announced test and reserve driver Ryo Hirakwa fits in with Colapinto - not to mention Paul Aron, who was signed as a reserve driver late last year. And with Doohan's seat clearly under threat, we ask what his chances of seeing out the season are, and what he needs to do to prove to Alpine he's the driver it needs for the longer-term. LAST CHANCE: The Race F1 Podcast is taking to the stage! Buy tickets to our live shows: London on 16th January - https://podlifeevents.com/event-details/the-race-f1-podcast-live-from-london-16th-jan-2025-tickets Birmingham on 17th January - https://podlifeevents.com/event-details/the-race-f1-podcast-live-from-birmingham-17th-jan-2025-tickets Want extra podcast content and to ask questions on the show? Join The Race Members' Club on Patreon! Head to Patreon.com/therace Get your 2025 calendar from The Race Shop! Follow The Race on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Check out our latest videos on YouTube Download our app on iOS or Android Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Mickey could try to sell his car privately.
0:03.0	Or get it sold today with weed by any car.
0:07.0	He could spend days on end trying to sell to a bunch of time wasters.
0:13.0	Or selling a flash and head to the fun fair with the kids.
0:17.0	Proper gutted.
0:20.0	Or proper impressed. To get a quote in 30 seconds, kids. Proper gutted.
0:22.5	Or proper impressed.
0:24.9	To get a quote in 30 seconds,
0:27.4	enter your reg number now at weeby-anycar.com.
0:32.7	The Athletic.
0:47.8	Music The race is on, and the 2025 F1 driver market isn't over yet, with Alpine signing Franco Colopinto as its new reserve.
0:49.6	So what does that mean for Jack Duhin and how long might it be before F1's favourite
0:53.1	Argentinian is back
0:54.2	in racing action? I'm Ed Straw and joining me for what I'm sure will be the first of many
0:57.7	deal-related podcasts of the year is Scott Mitchell Maum. Well, Scott, back again for one of these
1:03.2	driver market-driven, unexpected podcasts. Yeah, you just, when you think you've seen the back
1:08.7	of the 2025 F-1 driver market, it comes out swinging.
1:12.9	It's quite ridiculous, isn't it, isn't it, for the 9th of January to be, especially when the grid was set as of the 20th of December.
1:21.0	And the Alpine situation was settled in the first weekend back after the summer break at the end of August.
1:29.1	And yet here we are convening once again. What do you reckon the driving market situation is going to be by the time we hit
1:33.0	our live shows? Are we going to be talking about, will a change have already happened by then?
1:37.7	I would not put it past F1, the way the driver market's working. I mean, Red Bull, you never know what's going to happen
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