One F1 driver dumping has been predicted befoಌre the 2025 season has even started - and the finger has 💖been pointed at his team’s odd decision.

Alpine’s Jack Doohan is the driver under 💎the microscope, even though he is heading into his r🐟ookie year.

Doohan made his race debut at the 2024 seas🍸on-ending Aღbu Dhabi Grand Prix but competition for his seat is red-hot before the new campaign has even started.

Alpine’s signi💛ng of ex-Williams standout Franco Colapinto means they have a top notch option waiting in reserve.

“I wouldn’t say it’s fair - but Formula 1 isn’t fair,” Connorꦺ McDonagh told the Crash F1 podcast.

“[Valtteri Bottas] was in the worst car on the grid. And he’s been d🎀ropped, so Formula 1 isn’t fair.

“In terms of Doohan, I was surprised he got the seat🥃 in the first place. I don’t think his record was stellar.

“Alpine rushed i🌜nto it wꦿhen they didn’t need to - he was already on their books.

“It is harsh but I think it’s inevitable. Doohan is a dead man walking with four or⛄ five races at best!

“Against Pierre Gasꦕly, one of the best midfield drivers, he’ll have a to🌜ugh time.

“The money they reportedly had to pay for [Colapinto], I don’t💃 see him on the sidelines for long.

“Especially when🌃 you’ve got the Argentinian fans, the sponsorship money…

“Flavio Briatore is♋n’t scared to make big decisions, he doesn’t care.”

'I struggle to see Alpine's logic'

Lewis Larkam also insisted that Doohan’s days are numbered, saying: “It f𒐪eels inevitable already.

“It’s absolutel🎀y harsh and unfair o🔴n Jack. But I’m actually not sure why Alpine made the decision to promote Jack as early as they did.

“At that time, the driver market was stillꦇ moving.

“When you’ve got Jack🌺 on a contract as your reserve driver, he isn’t going anywhere else.

“I struggle to see Al🐠pine’s logic to make that call so early, with a large portion of the season still to go.

“They’ve shot themselv🐻es in the foot when they didn’t need to.

“They could 𒀰have awaited until the end of the year to see the pool of drivers available to them.

“🐼Even Bottas would have been a stronger option than Doohan.

“Now it seems like they’ll replace him with💜 a guy they co🅠uld’ve signed, if they waited a few months anyway, and avoided this messy situation!”