Practice at the Japanese Grand Prix has been red flagged thanks to a massive crash, Alpine’s Jack Doohan wrecking his car at high speed.
The rookie driver has been under pressure early in his Formula 1 career, with popular Brazilian driver Franco Colapinto waiting in the wings to replace him.
The second practice session of the weekend had barely got underway when Doohan began a sharp descent towards Turn 1 and initially appeared to dip a wheel into the grass, smashing into the barriers and losing two wheels.
The Aussie racer immediately confirmed over team radio that he was unharmed, saying: “I’m ok yeah. What happened?”
Upon further inspection, Sky F1’s Anthony Davidson commented: “I think the car might have bottomed out Crofty.”
To which David Croft responded: “I don’t know about you Ant but I’m not seeing driver error.”
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