Jack Doohan, accident in Montecarlo in Formula 2: car on fire – Corriere.it

Moments of tension in Montecarlo, during the Feature Race, the Formula 2 race, after that Jack Doohan ended up in the barriers after a mistake in the first sector, on lap 22, with the car catching fire. Doohan, Australian rider son of Mick Doohan five times world champion of motorcycles, immediately got out of the burning car, without consequences. Obviously, the red flag was immediately displayed which stopped the race and put the rescuers into action.

Who Jack Doohan? Mick’s Australian sonwho was the man to beat in motorbikes in the 1990s, five titles between 1994 and 1998. Jack’s uncle Scott was also an Australian superbike rider, with a participation in the Australian GP 500 in 1994. Relatives on two wheels, Jack still went for four wheels.

Not only Doohan’s accident: while the marshals were intent on extinguishing the flames around the single-seater, the driver Victor Martins arrived and grazed them. Then the race resumed regularly. The Frenchman was then sanctioned with a drive through.