Alpine F1: Have Franco Colapinto-Jack Doohan switch and Oliver Oakes' resignation revealed a team in turmoil?

7 May 2025, 16:34 | Updated: 7 May 2025, 19:54

A driver axing and team principal resignation just six races into a season are not usually signs of a flourishing Formula 1 team, but are Alpine really in crisis?

Oliver Oakes unexpectedly resigned as team boss on Tuesday evening, just a matter of hours before Alpine confirmed the poorly kept secret that Jack Doohan was being replaced by Franco Colapinto for next weekend's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

While initial assumptions that the two situations were related appear to have been wide of the mark, that is not particularly reassuring for what has arguably been the least stable squad on the grid over the last decade.

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