Flavio Briatore It was expressed after the designation of Franco frankntoto as a replacement for Jack Doohan within Alpine. The executive advisor of the French squad He explained the reasons why they sought to rotate their pilot alignment and remarked that they are in a constant evaluation process.
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“After reviewing the first races of the season, we have decided that Franco Pilotee the car with Pierre in the next five races. With a grid as matched as this year, and a competitive car in which the team has been working to improve for 12 months, we have been forced to rotate our alignment. We know that 2026 will also be an important season for the team and after having made a fair assessment of the pilots we consider that making this decision is correct to maximize our ambitions next year, ”said Briatore.
And he concluded: “We continue to support Jack on the team, who has so far acted in a very professional way as a pilot. The next five races will give us the opportunity to try something different and after this time we will analyze our options”.
