With the final round of F1 pre-season testing coming to a close in Bahrain and the lights ready to go out in Melbourne in less than two weeks’ time, eleven teams are adding final touches to their roster and confirming their reserve and development drivers for the 2026 season. As 22 drivers line up on…
Jack Doohan’s 2026 deal with Haas keeps the Australian near the F1 grid as reserve driver, joining the American team after parting ways with Alpine. The move keeps the Australian embedded in the paddock alongside race drivers Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman, while he is expected to combine the role with a Super Formula campaign…
One of the season’s unsung performers has been Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, who’s ranked 15th in Pit Debrief’s 2025 Formula 1 Drivers’ Rankings. Gasly’s campaign lacked glory but showed his grit. Finishing 18th in the Drivers’ Championship with 22 points, the Frenchman shouldered the entire weight of Alpine’s aspirations in what became the Enstone squad’s worst-ever…
21st and last in Pit Debrief’s Driver Rankings for the 2025 F1 season is Jack Doohan. The Aussie only got six rounds before getting booted by Alpine. He was replaced by Franco Colapinto. While the Argentine driver did not score any points either, the A525 was less competitive as the year went on. Jack Doohan…
Alpine have announced that Franco Colapinto will continue to drive for them in the 2026 F1 season. He will partner with Pierre Gasly, who signed a long-term contract extension with the French team in September. Alpine’s confirmation of their 2026 driver line-up has hit the headlines as F1 teams gear up for the 2025 São…
F1 has reached its summer break in 2025, and the mid-term driver rankings by Pit Debrief can be viewed here. Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris and McLaren have dominated both championships, but who has been impressive and who has not through the field so far this campaign? 1 | Charles Leclerc Although he is yet to…
Speaking at the F1 Hungarian GP, Franco Colapinto opened up about the challenges he’s faced with the A525 and the specific areas where he feels his confidence is lacking. The Argentine first made his mark in F1 as Williams’ “super sub” during the second half of the 2024 season, stepping in for Logan Sargeant and…
The first half of the 2025 F1 season witnessed another harsh reminder of the sport’s unforgiving nature when Alpine replaced Jack Doohan with Franco Colapinto at Imola, marking the second in-season driver change of the year. What unfolded was a perfect storm of circumstance, expectation, and opportunity that ultimately saw a young driver’s F1 dream…
Alpine are floundering this season and sit at the foot of the F1 Constructors’ Championship after nine rounds so far this year. The French team has scored points just twice, both times through Pierre Gasly in Japan and last time out at the Spanish Grand Prix. Alongside a lack of performance, the second car has…
Alpine driver Franco Colapinto has addressed the recent online abuse directed at Jack Doohan and Yuki Tsunoda by a subset of Argentine fans ahead of the F1 Monaco GP. Colapinto’s return to F1 with Alpine has undoubtedly reinvigorated his passionate fanbase. Several media outlets, including Pit Debrief, had reported earlier in the year that Doohan…
