Alpine currently sit in ninth place of the constructors’ standings on 13 points, four points adrift of Williams in eighth. While the team have five races remaining with their current pairing of Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon, 2025 will see reserve driver Jack Doohan step up to replace the Haas-bound Ocon.
The line-up of Gasly and Doohan is one that Oakes is excited about, with the Briton pointing to the mixture of “youth and experience” that it brings.
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“I think F1 in general at the moment, it’s really exciting all the young talent coming in,” said Oakes, who previously founded the Hitech Grand Prix team that competes in Formula 2 and Formula 3. “Obviously I’ve seen a lot of that through my other job before.
“In our case at Alpine, I feel like we’ve got a good line-up with Pierre staying on, Jack coming in as some fresh blood as well, and I’m looking forward to that because I think that is what’s exciting about F1 today, that mix of youth and experience and that will be really good to see.”
