Jack Doohan’s severe accident during the second Free Practice session of the Japanese GP caused a significant scare among Formula 1 fans. The Alpine driver was about to start his second flying lap of the day when he lost control of his car at Turn 1.
The cause of the accident was unknown for several minutes. Nothing seemed unusual as he approached the first, very fast corner of the Suzuka circuit.
What DRS data says about Jack Doohan’s strange crash
Later, it was discovered that Doohan had the DRS open when he initiated the right-hand turn at over 300 km/h into the corner. His Alpine thus lost all the aerodynamic downforce necessary to make the turn at such high speed and crashed violently into the barriers.
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