The most likely progression for Doohan is that he concentrates on the Alpine reserve role and is fully embedded in the Enstone team next year, while continuing his test programme in a two-year-old car.
While he has attended all Grands Prix as a reserve this year, and took part in FP1 in Mexico on Friday, his F2 commitments meant that his main focus was on the latter series at weekends when both were on the bill.
