A slip of the tongue from a sponsor of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Franco Colapinto’s has forced Alpine to swiftly ♐address the red-hot driver rumour.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Doohan had not even driven the first grand prix of his rookie season, since being picked by Alpine, when sugge൲stions started that he could be dropped from his race seat.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alpine signed Colapinto, who had imp🅰ressed at Williams last year, as a reserve driver after naming Doohan.

A hint about Alpine axing Jack Doohan?

Now theꦕ suggestion that Doohan’s days in the car are numbered have amplified due to a remark, made in error, by a backer of Colapinto’s.

Horacio Marín💎, CEO of Argentine energy company YPF, who sponsor Colapinto, was overheard speaking because his microphone was still live, even though he was no longer recording a TV☂ segment.

“At Imola,” he muttered, the context being when Colapinto wou👍ld return to the F1 grid.

The F1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix is May 19 meaning, if he is correct, that Doohan’s time in the𝓡 Alpine is drawing to a close already.

It forced Oliver Oakes, the Alpine tea𒈔m principal, to set the record straight.

“I saw it, like everyone els🐠e,🌸” said Oakes. “I think it was a sponsor from Argentina off-camera giving his view on Franco, when he’s going to be in the car.

"I’m sure ther🍌e’s a lot of pe𒁏ople in Argentina who’d like him in the car this Sunday. We’ve been pretty open as a team that that’s just noise.

"Jack needs to continue doing a good job. But it’s natural that there’s alwa𝓀ys speculation there."

Oakes w𝓀as asked to confirm if Doohan would drive at Imola later 🦩this month.

He answered: “Yeah, as it is today, Jack is our driver along wit🌱h Pierre [Gasly]. We’ve been pretty clear on that.

“We always evaluate, but ಌyeah – today, that is the cꦦase.”

Doohan was 16th in the sprin𒉰t race in Miami on Saturday, then qualified 14th for the grand prix.