“Rumours around the paddock” of driver who may replace Esteban Ocon in Canada
“I’m not saying Ocon deserves to be replaced..."

Jack Doohan is being “talked about” as a replacement for Esteban Ocon at next 🐎weekend’s F1 Canadian Grand Prix.
Alpine team principal Bruno Famin raged at “consequences” which might include dropping Ocon for the next race, after he collided with his꧟ teammate in Mo♛naco.
Ocon caused a stir by clattering Pierre Gasly on the first lap of the Monaco Grand Prix last weekend💛♛.
“There’s a bit of a rumour around the paddock that Jack Doohan co📖uld get his grand prix debut in Canada,” F1 Nation podcast host Tom Clarkson said.
“That is being talked about.
“Jack did do a brilliant job on 🎉Fܫriday night for the team.
“He flew on🦄 Friday from Nice to the UK. He goes to Enstone. On the simulator he works on various set-ups until 3.30am.
“He doesn’t go to bed. He flies back to Monaco, and is in the paddock at 9am in the morning. Having been 📖on the sim in England at 3am.
“That’s c🥀ommitment. And that comm﷽itment has impressed the team.
“I’m not saying Ocon deserves to be replaced by♎ 🐟Doohan.
“But I do think Jack 🎀is impressing the team.ꦆ And as they work out what to do with their driver line up in ‘25, Jack is doing all the right things to, at least, be high up on the list of possibilities.”
Doohan, Al🎀pine's reserve driver, is the son of bike legend Mick Doohan. He is seeking his first full-time F1 drive.
Fox Mexico journalist Diego Mejia replied: “Esteban was a little too optimistic. He recognised that on social media, briefly after he left theꦍ TV pen.
“If you do that move on any driver, it’s on. As Senna said, if you no longer go for a gap, you are no lon𓃲ger a racing driver.
“Sometimes drivers take that literally. But whꦍen it’s your teammate you’ve got to, at least, make sure that😼 you leave room for him.
“This wasn’t the case here, with Pierre.
“He rolled over the right front tyre🧔 and almost flipped on the co🧔ntact.
“ജ[Esteban] took the blame. Let’🌠s turn the page and not make a fuss out of it.”
Alpine have endured a nightmare 2💎024 so far, with their drivers’ clash in Monaco a key fl♓ashpoint.
Ocon is 17th in the drivers’ standings, one place behind Gasly, and his appearance next week in Montr🅰eal is remarkably no🔯t a guarantee.
Ocon re🐟leased a long st💝atement on Friday vowing to race in Canada.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything f🃏rom American sports, to football, to F1.