Pierre Gasly driving the A525 at the Japanese Grand Prix . Qualifying session
Photo Credit: BWT Alpine F1 Team

Gasly hails big progress and strong Sector 1 performance by Alpine in F1 Japanese GP qualifying

Pierre Gasly is starting P11 on the grid for the F1 Japanese GP. The Frenchmen clocked a time of 1:27.822 in Q2, missing out on the top 10 by 0.039s as Alex Albon narrowly took the final slot. However, he reflected that the qualifying session has made him slightly more optimistic for tomorrow’s race, stating…

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Doohan driving for Alpine during the F1 Japanese GP
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Doohan lacking confidence in high speed corners at Suzuka after huge F1 Japanese GP practice crash

The F1 Japanese GP truly hasn’t gone according to plan so far for Alpine driver Jack Doohan. In fact, the Australian rookie driver had suffered an incredibly strong crash during yesterday’s FP2, his first on track session after sitting out FP1 in favour of Ryo Hirakawa. The matter strongly impacted his track time of the…

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Alpine are still optimistic about qualifying on Saturday after massive setback from Jack Doohan's FP2 crash at the F1 Japanese GP on Friday
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Alpine optimistic about qualifying despite Doohan’s massive FP2 crash at F1 Japanese GP

Although Alpine kicked off their race weekend at the F1 Japanese GP in high spirits with reserve driver Ryo Hirakawa impressing his home crowd and team principal Oliver Oakes in his rookie FP1 session, their fortunes took a turn for the worse as Jack Doohan suffered a massive high-speed crash during the second practice session…

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Alpine F1 Driver Jack Doohan
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Alpine’s Jack Doohan discusses rising fame after joining the F1 grid

Jack Doohan was elevated to a full-time seat at Alpine for the 2025 F1 season after demonstrating outstanding performances in the junior categories. Doohan secured P2 in the 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship, behind current Indy NXT driver Dennis Hauger. The Australian moved up to Formula 2 and finished P3 in 2023, securing three wins,…

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Jack Doohan and Pierre Gasly driving the Alpine A525 during Qualifying at the 2025 Chinese GP.

Gasly: “We’ll just have to do a better job than the others” after Alpine Q1 exit at F1 Chinese GP

It was a disappointing Saturday at the 2025 F1 Chinese GP for BWT Alpine F1 Team’s Pierre Gasly and Jack Doohan with both drivers failing to score points during the Sprint Race before being knocked out in the first round of Qualifying. The morning’s Sprint Race brought disappointing results for Alpine, with rookie driver Doohan…

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