Jack Doohan said he is looking forward to the next race at Imola after crashing out on the first lap of the Miami Grand Prix.

However doubt remains over whether he will start his eighth grand prix for Alpine next week.

Doohan tangled with Liam Lawson at turn one after the start of yesterday’s race and retired with damage halfway around the first lap.

He declined to comment on the collision afterwards. “As we all know, nothing would be intentional,” said Doohan. “Unfortunately, he got squeezed there. I don’t know, maybe he had a car on his outside. We just have to look into it because it didn’t end well for me and I don’t think it helped him out as well.

“We’ve just got to keep our heads up. Looking forward to Imola now.”

It remains to be seen whether Doohan will drive for Alpine at Imola. Last week the team dismissed fresh rumours he would be replaced in their line-up by Franco Colapinto after the Miami race. One of Colapinto’s sponsors said his driver would make his debut “in Imola” in comments caught by a hot mic during an interview for a news channel in Argentina.

Doohan’s first-lap retirement capped a frustrating weekend in Miami. He criticised the team after he was delayed leaving the pits during the first round of qualifying for the sprint race.

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Although he out-qualified team mate Pierre Gasly for the first time in a grand prix, Doohan’s first-lap tangle with Lawson means he remains point-less after the first six rounds.

“Unfortunately the things that have gone wrong this weekend have been outside of my control,” he said afterwards. “But you always have to reflect as well and see in those situations if there was anything that I could have done better.

“So I will be reflecting on that for a brief period of time before just switching my focus to the upcoming race in Imola.”

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