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Jack Doohan’s Heavy Crash at the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix: What Happened

Jack Doohan hit the barriers at Suzuka’s Turn 1 on his fourth FP2 lap. Alpine attributed the crash to a DRS misjudgment, and he was okay after medical checks.
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Jack Doohan crashed at Suzuka’s Turn 1 during second practice for the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix on Friday, April 4. Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes said the crash followed a misjudgment about closing the car’s DRS. Doohan was reported okay after precautionary medical checks; Formula 1 said the impact destroyed the car’s left-hand side and both wings.

What happened to Jack Doohan at Suzuka?

Doohan had sat out the first practice session, with Alpine reserve driver Ryo Hirakawa driving the team’s car. Doohan returned for FP2. Formula 1 reported that seven and a half minutes into the session, on Doohan’s fourth lap, he hit the barriers at Turn 1. The FIA’s account also said he lost control on entry to the corner after completing four laps.

The impact brought out a red flag. Formula 1 reported that the stoppage lasted just over 20 minutes. The FIA said the disrupted FP2 session had four red flags overall; Oscar Piastri was fastest.

Why did Doohan crash?

Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes attributed the incident to a DRS misjudgment: “It was a misjudgement of not closing the DRS into Turn 1,” he said in Alpine’s Friday statement. DRS, or the Drag Reduction System, opens a flap in the rear wing to reduce drag when a driver is eligible to use it. Oakes’s explanation is Alpine’s account; the cited reports do not provide telemetry or an independent technical investigation confirming the sequence.

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How badly was the Alpine damaged?

Formula 1 reported that the crash destroyed the car’s left-hand side and both the front and rear wings. The FIA described severe damage to the left side and rear. Those accounts establish extensive damage, but do not establish that the car was a total write-off or what its eventual repair outcome was.

Was Jack Doohan injured?

Alpine said Doohan was okay after precautionary checks, and the FIA reported that he was taken for precautionary medical checks. ABC News reported that he told his team over the radio, “I’m OK.” Oakes said, “We are all relieved to see Jack walk away from his incident in Free Practice 2 and glad to see he is OK after his precautionary checks.”

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What did Doohan say about the crash?

Doohan described it as a surprise and said he would learn from it. In a contemporaneous report, Motorsport.com quoted him: “It was a heavy one, something that caught me by surprise, and I will learn from it.”

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