Jack Doohan has described his F1 shootout test against his friend 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mick Schumacher as “stran💖ge” - but insisted he “kept ♌it business” as they fought over the second Alpine seat.

Earlier this𝓰 week, Alpine announced Doohan will complete their driver line-up for the 2025 F🥂1 season.

Doohan has impre♕ssed the team duri♏ng his stint as test and reserve driver, often doing crucial work in the team’s simulator.

While Doohan failed to win either the Formuꦓla 2 or Formu⛄la 3 title, he often showed blistering pace.

A decisive ♒factor in Doohan getting the call-up was a test for the team where he 🐠and Mick Schumacher were in action.

The pair tested an 2022 Alpine F1 car in July - and while the key details of the test have been kept under wraps - the French outfit’s decision to opt for Doohan over Schumacher suggests the Australi🐟an impressed once again.

Speaking to media including at Zandvoort, Doohan reflected on the test: “It was strange. For me, I kept it business. I didn’t think of it in any𒈔 other way, that at the end of the day, I’m going to hop into the car and drive as fast as I can. It doesn’t matter who is next to me.

“It doesn't mean I’m going to be any different outside of the car. When I hop in, I have the mindset to be as fast as I can. At the end of thꦇe day, whatever the outcome was of that, I positioned myself to make sure I was first in line to get this seat, let’s say, regardless of who it was next to me𝄹.”

Doohan becomes the first driver from Alpine’s academy to be promote🐟d into the main team.

He feels that it wasn’t until the first qu🐽arter of this year he thought he had a chance of securing the drive.

“I think, let’s say,♑ after the first quarter of the year, I 𝔍knew there was a contention, there was let’s say a rabbit to chase, a possibility I can fight for this,” he added.

“There was no given task, there was obviously a lot of people that were still out of contract and so much going on, so I had to be very patient, bide my time and really plead my case, make sure I maximised every time I got behind the wheel, and I’m grateful that the patience paid off, as well as not racing, because like you said, that is a risk. But poten༒tially if I didn’t take that risk, this wouldn’t have happened.”