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Alpine says more about the reason for Doohan's big accident
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Deprived of driving during FP1 to make way for Ryo Hirakawa's reserve driver, Jack Doohan would certainly have liked to discover Suzuka in a different way. Alas, it was in the wall that the AussieAlpine finished his race, a few minutes after the start of the second free practice session this Friday.
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HUGE JACK DOOHAN CRASH 🤯The pilot Alpine says she's fine on the radio after losing her car at full speed in the first corner.#JapaneseGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/WNgMAB8PCZ
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Far from ideal to start preparations for his weekend in Japan, on a circuit he doesn't know, while he's already under pressure internally, where Franco Colapinto is patiently biding his time. And above all, an accident he could have done without since at first glance it appears to be man-made, contrary to what the Australian may have thought at the time of his violent excursion from the track.
« I'm fine but what happened? " Jack Doohan was surprised during his first radio exchange with his engineers. However, it was not a malfunction of his A525 that was the cause of this incident. According to team reports, the driver forgot to close his DRS when attacking the first corner, even though the braking point is a little further into it.
« We are all relieved to see Jack emerge unharmed from his Free Practice 2 crash and to learn that he is doing well following the precautionary medical examinations., confided Oliver Oakes, the team principal. It was an error of judgment not to close the DRS on entry to the first corner »
Taken by surprise, according to his own words, Jack Doohan promises " to learn lessons from it " for the rest of the weekend. Hoping to have a little more success this time.
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Gonzalo Forbes
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Ibob
04/04/2025 at 09:23 a.m.
What is this bogus article? The DRS messed up. On the telemetry, we can clearly see him applying a little brake to close the DRS and start transferring mass, but the DRS didn't close. The article says Alpine tell me more.... Where is the declaration ofalpine in the article then? I should be a journalist, mind you.
Yves-Henri RANDIER
05/04/2025 at 01:06 a.m.
In this corner, the DRS must be closed manually and Doohan forgot to do it, unfortunately for him! Yes, the DRS must close following pressure (significant according to the FIA recommendation) on the brake pedal ... but the team is free to adjust the level of pressure on the pedal which closes the DRS and a priori, in many teams, a pressure of 20% (which is low in absolute terms) causes the DRS to close.
vincent moyet
04/04/2025 at 08:16 a.m.
Yes, the DRS closes when you touch the brakes, but you enter this corner without braking, so you have to close it manually. I must say that I was waiting (without hoping of course) for this type of accident since the DRS was implemented. For decades "any mobile aerodynamic device" was banned to avoid this kind of accident. With that and the driving limitation imposed by sprint weekends or red flags, F1 is playing with fire. What would have happened if Doohan had hit the barrier head-on?
stone korzec
04/04/2025 at 06:34 a.m.
But isn't there a safety system that automatically cancels the DRS under certain circumstances? I'm not an engineer. But when you touch the brake pedal, it should be linked.
Yves-Henri RANDIER
04/04/2025 at 06:03 a.m.
"It was an error of judgment not to close the DRS at the entrance to the first corner." Oakes therefore charges Doohan, who is discovering Suzuka after having given up his seat in FP1 for financial reasons (?) to Hirakawa. No word from Brille A Tort yet? Perhaps "Il Magnifico" Flavio the King of Cheaters is on a video conference with Colapinto's sponsors to announce next week that the Aussie has been dropped in favor of the Argentinian, better to start in Sakhir than between the concrete walls of Jeddah!