Jack Doohan

2022 - 8 - 29

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Legendary dad goes wild as next Aussie F1 hopeful claims historic ... (Fox Sports)

The son of five-time MotoGP champion Mick, the 19-year-old won the Belgian Grand Prix from championship leader Felipe Drugovich and New Zealand Red Bull junior ...

Doohan is linked with the Alpine Academy, like compatriot Oscar Piastri who won the Formula 2 title last year as a rookie. He came into the weekend ninth. “We were both extending the stint and it seemed like you know, our pace was quite similar.

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Aussie teen emerges as shock F1 wildcard (NEWS.com.au)

Australian Jack Doohan has emerged as a left-field wildcard for Alpine's vacant Formula 1 seat after claiming victory in the F2 feature race in Belgium on ...

Great start to the day at this masterpiece of a Spa circuit as Jack Doohan wins the Formula 2 feature race. Up to fourth in the championship with that— Chris Medland (@ChrisMedlandF1) “We were both extending the stint and it seemed like you know, our pace was quite similar. [Pierre Gasly](https://www.news.com.au/sport/motorsport/formula-one/shock-new-potential-threat-to-ricciardos-f1-career-emerges/news-story/9d14c898a1dbd6bb70e9dd770cb02fe2) are all options for Alpine next season, but Doohan could be a long-term option for the team in the future. Drugovich surged in the dying stages but Doohan did enough to hold on for victory — his second podium of the weekend after he finished second in Saturday’s sprint race. Australian Jack Doohan has emerged as a left-field wildcard for Alpine’s vacant Formula 1 seat after claiming victory in the F2 feature race in Belgium on Sunday.

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The other Aussie banging down the door of F1 (Wide World of Sports)

The son of a five-time world champion, Jack Doohan's rise up the junior ranks has been nothing but meteoric.

It's far more likely he'll spend another season in F2, where if he performs strongly he might make his way onto the grid for 2024. In his debut season in British Formula 4, Doohan won three races and finished fifth in the series. Despite a couple of close calls as the pair fought through traffic, Doohan was never headed. In the end, that's all we can do as drivers." From 22 races this season, Doohan has scored 15 top-tens and nine top-fives to go with his three wins. But his exit would have to be highly favourable to Red Bull and would no doubt relieve Alpine of a few million Euros. He finished fifth in just his second race in Jeddah. Like Piastri, Doohan is signed to the Alpine Driver Academy. He signed with the Alpine Junior Academy for the start of 2022, and moved to the Virtuosi Racing squad for a full-time F2 campaign. But a move to the ultra-competitive Trident team for 2021 yielded four wins and two poles, before he was given a go in F2 machinery with MP Motorsport for the last two meetings of last year. "I'm really happy. "I'm stoked!

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