London, May 7 -- Argentine Franco Colapinto will drive for Alpine for the next five grands prix, replacing Jack Doohan.
The team said in a statement that Colapinto, whom Alpine signed from Williams over the winter, would drive alongside Pierre Gasly from the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix at Imola on May 16-18.
There will then be a "new evaluation before the British Grand Prix", which is on July 4-6.
Doohan has driven for Alpine since last year's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and has yet
to score a point.
The decision for Colapinto to replace Doohan has been expected since last weekend's Miami Grand Prix, but the plan to effectively give the 21-year-old five races to prove himself against Doohan's performances was not, the BBC reported...