The Australian Jack Doohan crashed in the same corner on the Japanese circuit for the third time in a row Suzuki. It happened as part of training for the next Super Formula season: the former teammate Franco Colapinto He joined the team in Alpine (which the Argentine replaced in Formula 1 from the seventh race of the season). Kondo Racingwhich uses Toyota engines, with the aim of competing for this team in 2026. The Australian ended the day in 26th place out of 34 driversand finished ninth among the 14 rookies. The leader was Ugo UgochukwuAcademy pilot McLaren.
The strangest thing about Doohan’s series of incidents was that all three occurred… on the same corner! It’s about them Opponent 2one of the most characteristic of the Japanese circuit. It got stuck there on Wednesday and Thursday and did it again on Friday. Fortunately for the ocean corridor, the three impacts occurred at relatively low speeds. Therefore, only mechanical damage was reported.
As the portal reports MotorsportDoohan did not appear in front of the media at the Japanese circuit due to his behavior Commitments to the Alpine teamwith which he still has a contract and for which he competed in the first six Formula 1 Grands Prix of this season. The portal specializing in motorsport reported that the head of Kondo Racing, Nobuaki Adachcame to Doohan’s defense after a series of accidents in the same corner.
“The two drivers Luke (Browning) and Jack (Doohan) they were very good. It just so happened that Jack had a series of accidents, but he is a driver with lots of potential. At this time of year Suzuka is very difficult and I think we will be able to make the necessary adjustments Don’t do the same thing next time“The Super Formula is scheduled to test again on the Japanese track in February.
Doohan’s third accident on the same curve occurred on Morning session of the third day of testing in Suzuka. The weather conditions were unbeatable. After the incident, Team Kondo was in a position repair the car for the Australian, who has to take to the track in the last half hour of training.
“I think so It would have been heartbreaking for him. (if the last accident had interrupted his test), so we did everything we could to get him back on track,” Adachi said, quoted by Motorsport. And he added: “We wanted to You won’t leave a bad impressionand somehow we did it, which makes me happy.”
On the team’s prospects for 2026, Adachi added: “Given our results in recent seasons, we have come to the conclusion that Our cars have some problems. Luke and Jack’s comments allowed us to identify some areas for improvementWe will therefore review these points before the next test (at Suzuka) in February.”
Taking into account the accident he suffered with the team alpine The Australian driver was chained on the Japanese race track four incidents on the Japanese route during the year. In April and during the second practice session for the Formula 1 Japanese GP, Doohan forgot to switch off the DRS when he entered the corner at more than 200 kilometers per hour.
“It was a serious accident, something that it surprised me. I will learn from it. “I know the team still has a lot of work to do to repair the car,” he said at the time. Oliver OakesAlpine team director, said: “We are relieved to see that Jack came through his incident in the second free practice uninjured and are pleased about that “After check-ups, everything is fine.”. He added: “It was a misjudgment not to close DRS in Turn 1. We can learn from that.”
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