At-risk F1 driver reminded of “the small things you can’t forget to do”
Jack Doohan handed home truths after Al𓄧pine driver crashed🥀 in Japan

The under-pressure 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Doohan has been reminded to “co🥀ver y🍎our bases” in his ongoing battle to keep his F1 seat.
The Alpine driver entered his rookie campa𝄹ign already under the microscope, because his team signed up Williams’ impressive Franco Colapinto as a reserve option.
Doohan endured an F1 Japanese Grand Prix to forget - he skipped the first practice session so Alpine could fulfil their y✤oung driver responsibilities with Ryo Hirakawa.
When he stepped into the car for the next session, he crashed badly at ♔180mph after ju♓st four laps.
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“The mistake he made was a mistake he cannot afford t📖o make,” Naomi Schiff told the Sky Sports F1 podcast.
“He hadn’t been on the track, it wasn’t the easiest situation to jump into FP2 wi♓thout any laps in FP1.
“But this is a driver who has done loads of laps for this team in testing, and as a rese🐼rve driver in the simulator.
“You’d think you’d cover all of your bases, when there’s a driver hot on your heels for yꦐour seat.
“These are the s💞mall things you can’t forget to do.
“Cover your bases! Don’t make a mistake like that because you don’t have the muscle memory from the⛎ simulator.
“Maybe it’s a capacity thing. Because he’s under pressure and is desperate to prove himself and get everything right, he might have been too focused on the lap or the speed and not o💟ther details. But that’s the name of the game.”
Alpine’s decision-making, to remove Doohan from th🍸eir car fo♔r FP1 at Suzuka, was questioned amid the pressure he is under.
But the crash meant that Ralf Schumacher led the high-profile v﷽oices suggesting ꧂Alpine could replace him with Colapinto for this weekend’s F1 Bahrain Grand Prix.
Doohan will, in fact, retain his Alpine in Bahrain and will🅰 look to build on his P15 finish in Japan.
The Sky Sports F1 podcast hinted that Doohan has three more rounds - Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Miami - befor🦋e Alpine will decide whether to replace him with Colapinto.
Simon Lazenby 🐷said a﷽bout Doohan’s crash in Japan: “It did feel like the writing was on the wall, that the pressure was bearing down on him and it was too much.
“Jacques Villeneuve felt that he𝄹 wasn’t able to deal with the pressure.
“But there have been fl🐲ashes from Jack. He deserves a full season after the fla🐷shes we’ve seen.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everythinℱg from American ♊sports, to football, to F1.