1. Jack Doohan is an Australian racing driver who competes in Formula One for Alpine.
78 Facts About Jack Doohan
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Jack Doohan began kart racing aged nine in a go-kart gifted to him by Michael Schumacher, winning multiple national titles.
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Jack Doohan then progressed to FIA Formula 2, achieving several wins in both his 2022 and 2023 campaigns with Virtuosi, and finishing third in the latter.
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Jack Doohan was promoted to a full-time seat in 2025, replacing Ocon to partner Pierre Gasly.
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Jack Doohan is contracted to remain at Alpine until at least the end of the 2025 season.
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Jack Doohan was born on 20 January 2003 in Gold Coast, Queensland.
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Jack Doohan is the son of five-time Grand Prix motorcycle World Champion Mick Jack Doohan.
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Jack Doohan was given his first kart from former neighbor and 7-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher.
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Jack Doohan won the Australian Karting Championship in 2015 and 2016.
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Jack Doohan had additional success the next year, finishing third in the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship and sixth in the World Championship.
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Jack Doohan started his single-seater career at the age of 15 in the F4 British Championship with the TRS Arden Junior Racing Team, alongside fellow Red Bull junior Dennis Hauger.
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Jack Doohan scored three wins throughout the season, with his first car racing victory coming at Thruxton.
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That year Jack Doohan participated in both the German and Italian Formula 4 championships for Prema Powerteam on a part-time basis.
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Jack Doohan finished 12th and 20th in the standings respectively, scoring no podiums.
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In 2019 Jack Doohan made his first appearance in the F3 Asian Championship with Hitech Grand Prix.
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Jack Doohan finished in the runner-up spot, this time behind Joey Alders.
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In 2020 Jack Doohan progressed to the FIA Formula 3 Championship, driving for HWA Racelab, partnering Jake Hughes and FDA-member Enzo Fittipaldi.
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Jack Doohan did not score any points during the campaign, and with a best finish of eleventh place, which came at the final race in Mugello, he classified 26th in the drivers' championship.
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Jack Doohan started his season off strong with a second place in qualifying in Barcelona.
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Jack Doohan scored his first points with eighth in the second sprint race, and despite a slow start in the feature race, Doohan was able to take second and his first podium.
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Jack Doohan had an average first sprint race, finishing ninth but fell back to 13th in the second sprint due to mechanical issues.
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Jack Doohan bettered that result and took third place in the feature race.
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Jack Doohan took his first pole position on Friday by 0.7 seconds.
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Jack Doohan ended 12th in the first sprint race, in which he revealed he purposely kept his spot to block off Dennis Hauger behind for reverse pole.
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Jack Doohan remained in Formula 3 for post-season with newcomers Van Amersfoort Racing.
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Jack Doohan joined MP Motorsport for the final two rounds of the 2021 championship, replacing Richard Verschoor.
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In just his second race, Jack Doohan avoided all chaos for his first points in fifth place.
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Jack Doohan scored points in the second sprint race, finishing eighth.
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Jack Doohan ended his partial F2 campaign 19th place in the standings with eight points.
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On 13 December 2021, it was announced that Jack Doohan would join Virtuosi Racing alongside Marino Sato for the 2022 championship.
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Jack Doohan's start to the season looked promising, as he would score pole position in the season opener at Bahrain.
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Jack Doohan lacked pace in the sprint race and ended where he started.
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Jack Doohan fell down to last but managed to recover to tenth place.
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Nevertheless, Jack Doohan found positives in his performance, stating that he "[had been] as quick as anyone" during the race.
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Jack Doohan was involved in a race-ending collision with Logan Sargeant in the sprint race, where Doohan hit the back of Sargeant during a safety car restart, receiving a grid drop.
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Jack Doohan had another weekend to forget, his sprint race was affected due to a collision, and a penalty for him in the feature race due to contact with Liam Lawson demoted Doohan to P13.
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Jack Doohan continued this form by scoring another podium at the Red Bull Ring.
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Jack Doohan stormed into the lead during the feature race start, but was re-passed by Ayumu Iwasa in the next few corners.
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Jack Doohan finished second in the sprint race after a good start, even passing Ralph Boschung on the last lap.
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Jack Doohan scored his third pole of the year at Monza.
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Jack Doohan ended sixth in the sprint race but he had another forgetful feature race, a bad start costing him and a subsequent collision with Jehan Daruvala brought about a premature end to his race once more.
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Jack Doohan ended up sixth in the drivers' standings with 128 points, three wins, three poles, four fastest laps and six total podiums.
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Jack Doohan partook in the 2022 post-season test, remaining with Virtuosi.
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Jack Doohan had a terrible opening round in Bahrain, a poor qualifying in P17 would not reward him with any points.
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Jack Doohan had a disappointing sprint race after being spun out by Juan Manuel Correa, but achieved eighth place in the feature race although more points was inevitable without an early safety car.
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Jack Doohan had a solid feature race, finishing fourth during a hectic race.
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In Hungary, Jack Doohan made his mark by securing his first pole of the year.
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In Spa-Francorchamps, Jack Doohan would continue his form by topping practice, but qualified in a disappointing 11th.
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Jack Doohan improved to fifth in the sprint race During the feature race, Jack Doohan ran the alternate strategy and luck would go his way when the safety car was deployed late on.
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Jack Doohan pitted and emerged in second place, in which he overcame leader Pourchaire on the second last lap for consecutive feature race victories.
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Jack Doohan took pole position for the final race in Yas Marina.
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Jack Doohan then controlled the race and won by 3.8 seconds which allowed him to jump Ayumu Iwasa for third place in the standings, securing three wins, five podiums, two pole positions and two fastest laps.
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Jack Doohan exited Formula 2 at the end of 2023 in a bid to join Formula One for the 2025 season after spending two seasons in the former category.
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At the Formula 2 end of season awards night Jack Doohan received the inaugural Formula 2 Best Performance Award, an award he shared with Richard Verschoor.
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In September 2017 Jack Doohan was signed to the Red Bull Junior Team.
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Jack Doohan left the academy following his 2021 season and signed to the Alpine Academy in 2022.
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Jack Doohan described his switch as being a "no-brainer", stating that the F1 testing programme and the team's project within the World Endurance Championship gave him myriad opportunities for the future.
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Jack Doohan then drove the car again at the Monza Circuit prior to the British Grand Prix weekend.
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Jack Doohan participated in his first free practice sessions with Alpine at the Mexico City Grand Prix and Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
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Jack Doohan was even in discussions of a 2023 Formula One seat with the French outfit, but it was handed to Pierre Gasly.
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Jack Doohan took part in the post-season tests with the Alpine.
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In 2023, Jack Doohan was announced as the reserve driver for Alpine.
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Jack Doohan again participated in the first free practice with Alpine at the Mexico City Grand Prix.
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Jack Doohan drove again in Free Practice 1 for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with Alpine, setting the thirteenth-fastest time as the fourth-ranked rookie.
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Jack Doohan then took part in the young drivers' test with Alpine, setting the seventh fastest time.
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Jack Doohan focused his 2024 campaign on being the reserve driver for Alpine, where he revealed his goal to join the Formula One grid for the 2025 season.
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In May 2024, Jack Doohan completed his first test of the year with the Alpine A522 at Zandvoort.
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Jack Doohan partook in the first free practice session for Alpine at the Canadian Grand Prix, as well as the British Grand Prix.
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Jack Doohan again drove the A522 at Circuit Paul Ricard as he was marked as one of the contenders for a seat with Alpine for 2025 in place of the departing Esteban Ocon.
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Jack Doohan is the first Alpine Academy driver to be promoted to Formula One.
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Jack Doohan made an early debut for Alpine at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, replacing Ocon after the latter departed the team early.
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Jack Doohan then took part in the Yas Marina post-season test, completing 137 laps and setting the eighth-fastest time overall.
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Jack Doohan partnered Pierre Gasly for 2025, his debut full-time campaign in Formula One.
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Amidst rumours he could be replaced by the newly-recruited reserve driver Franco Colapinto early into the season, his manager and Alpine team adviser Flavio Briatore stated "if there's a driver who isn't bringing me results, [I will] change him" and Jack Doohan commented "you're always going to have pressure on your shoulders [in] such a cut-throat sport".
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Jack Doohan received 10-second time penalties in both the sprint and main races in China as he finished twentieth and thirteenth, respectively; he caused a collision with Gabriel Bortoleto at the former and forced Isack Hadjar off-track at the latter.
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Jack Doohan improved to qualify eleventh and finish fourteenth in Bahrain, receiving a five-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.
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Jack Doohan claimed seventeenth in both qualifying and the race in Saudi Arabia after a strategic gamble under safety car conditions.
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Jack Doohan would be demoted to reserve driver in Colapinto's place.