Alpine’s decision-making has been called into question after 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Doohan crashed at Suzuka on Friday.

But Doohan hadn’t driven in FP1 at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix, with Ryo Hirakawa given his car as part of an Alpine junior run.

In the second session of the day, Doohan smashed into the barrier at Turn 1 on his fourth lap. He gingerly emerged from the car but 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alpine later confirmed🀅 he was okay.

However, Alpine have been questioned for the decision to let Hirakawa drive Doohan’s car, rather than the more experienced 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pierre Gasly’s.

It comes ami⛄d severe pressure on Doohan for his race seat with Franco Colapinto lurking🐲 in the shadows as a reserve driver.

Alpine decision 'harsh' on Jack Doohan

“The talk of the weekend was how Liam Lawson was demoted after two weekends. That might give inspiration to other teams to make decisions,” Naomi Schiff to💯ld Sky Sports.

“Jack? We don’t know how many races h꧋e’s got to pr๊ove himself.

“It’s harsh to come here an🌄d pull him out of a💫n FP1 which is so crucial. He’s got to learn the track, learn the characteristics.

“I wonder why they didn’t take Pierre out of the car. It feels ha🐓rsh.”

Jacques Villeneuve added: “The problem is that he has known, since before the first race, that he probably won’t finis⭕h the season.

“He has been put under tremendou🧜s pressure by Flavio Briatore, mainly, with Colapinto in the wings.

“H꧑e is having to prove that he’s better than Gasly, so they should keep him. When they have told him ‘do a few races꧋ then you’ll probably be replaced…’

“You can see it i🌃n hi🤪s driving. It’s not comfortable.

“When a driver is in thaꦯt situation psychologicall🌱y, your driving will not be natural and small mistakes will start happening.”

Villeneuve analysed Doohan’s crash in♈ Friday practice.

“Bo🌌ttoming out happens to every car. You can tell he was v💃ery aggressive when he turned in.

“He didn’t have the laps this morning so he went in with a lot o🍃f confidence.

“But with the tail wind, maybe his tyres weren’t ready. He got caughℱt out🍌.

“You saw the car pivoted so quickly. He threw the car in, he didn’t mꦡassage it into the corner.

“It looked aggressive, a tiny bit too much. It would have been okay in normal c▨onditions. But it looked aggressive. The way it pivoted was surprising.”

Doohan will🦄 be baꦉck in action for qualifying on Saturday.

At just the third round of th🎶e 2025 F1 season, having seen what decision Red Bull made around Lawson, pressure is already ramping up on Doohan to perform.