Doohan's F1 future looking more uncertain after Miami

Australian Jack Doohan's Formula One future looks increasingly uncertain amid speculation the rookie could be replaced at Renault-owned Alpine before the next race at Imola.

Doohan, 22 and son of motorcycle great Mick, has yet to score a point in six races this season and one at the end of 2024.

The Race.com website said Alpine were evaluating Doohan's position following another retirement at the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday.

The driver has been dogged for months by questions about his future, with Alpine signing Argentine Franco Colapinto from Williams as a reserve before the start of the season.

Colapinto raced nine times for Williams last year as replacement for dropped American Logan Sargeant and scored five points, with a best finish of eighth in Azerbaijan.

Alpine's executive advisor Flavio Briatore, a team boss of the team in its former guises of Benetton and Renault, is a fan and known to be keen to get him into the race seat.

Alpine team boss Ollie Oakes cancelled his regular media session after Sunday's race in which Doohan collided with New Zealander Liam Lawson's Racing Bulls on the opening lap and retired.

Alpine are ninth of the 10 teams in the constructors' standings.

"As it is today, Jack is our driver along with Pierre (Gasly)," Oakes had said on Friday when asked to confirm Doohan would be in the car at Imola.

"We always evaluate, but yeah. Today, that is the case."

Apart from Doohan's lack of points and failure to finish higher than 14th, the latest rumour of an impending change were triggered by one of Colapinto's Argentine sponsors suggesting in an unguarded television moment last month that it would happen for Imola.

He later clarified it was only a personal opinion.

"I’m sure there’s a lot of people in