Jack Douhan has confirmed that the upcoming season finale in Abu Dhabi will be his last race in Formula 2, after which he will say goodbye to the youth series.
The Australian spent two seasons in F2 with Virtuosi Racing but did not achieve the results he had hoped for, although he had some very successful performances, including two wins in a row in Hungary and Belgium.
Before the season finale, the 20-year-old driver is in fourth place in the individual rankings, 53 points behind the leader, Theo Pourcher, and in the most optimistic scenario he can count on maximum vice championship, and even then, provided that Frederic Vesti and Ayumu Iwasa will not perform well.
“Next year I will no longer participate in Formula 2, this does not seem to me to be a realistic prospect,” the Australian publication Speedcafe quotes Alpine’s reserve driver. – If we sum it all up, I did the most I could. We did a great job with everything that depended on me, and if I do the same thing next year, it won’t do me much good.
Not everything went according to plan in Formula 2 over the past two years, but I’m sure everyone will say that it is never possible to fully implement plans. But despite this, despite all the unpleasant moments, I also achieved success. I think I have shown good results and what I am capable of.
If you stay in Formula 2 for another season and win the title, they will say this was expected; If this doesn’t work out, there’s a good chance you’ll lose more than you gain, so I think we made the right decision.”
It is expected that Duane will continue to work as a reserve driver with the Alpine F1 team next season, but it cannot be ruled out that he will be invited to the Renault factory endurance racing program.
However, he himself does not want to comment on this: “I am not focusing on the WEC and nothing has been confirmed. In fact, it is not a matter of time, but of the goals we set for ourselves. But even if I try endurance racing, at least the plans remain to return to Formula 1 in 2025.
Alpine is happy with my work and the path we have chosen, so if the opportunity arises to participate in the WEC so that I can gain knowledge and skills in other areas, I am ready.
But my goal remains Formula 1 and the team continues to work in this direction, so I will continue to work with Alpine in the hope of getting a seat there.”
Source: F1 News
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