Join now and get your first month for just $1 ><\/a><\/p>\nDoohan\u2019s maiden F1 season was profiled in the latest season of Netflix docuseries Drive to Survive, during which he opens up on the disgusting threats he received ahead of the Miami race.<\/p>\n
\u201cI got serious death threats for this Grand Prix, saying they\u2019re going to kill me here, if I\u2019m not out of the car,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had six or seven emails saying if I am still in the car by Miami, all my limbs will be cut off.<\/p>\n
\u201cWednesday, I was there with my f***ing girlfriend and my trainer, and I\u2019ve got three armed men around me \u2014 I had to call my police escort to come and get it under control.\u201d<\/p>\n
Doohan added while speaking to The Times: \u201cI wasn\u2019t able to enjoy being a Formula 1 driver, something I dreamt of for so long. So yeah, it\u2019s pretty s***.\u201d<\/p>\n
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In a statement, F1 confirmed it was aware of the threats, upping Doohan\u2019s security in response.<\/p>\n
\u201cFormula 1 is a family and a community that is based on respect and support for each other,\u201d F1 said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no place for abusive behaviour either online or in person and the whole sport stands united against anyone that attempts to undermine our values.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a community and will report anyone found to be acting in this way to the appropriate authorities and platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n
Doohan served as Alpine\u2019s as reserve driver for the remainder of the 2025 season before parting ways with the team, since signing with Haas. He will serve as the team\u2019s reserve driver for the 2026 season, supporting Ocon and Oliver Beardman.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to thank the team for giving me the opportunity to grow and take on the great challenge of 2026 together,\u201d Doohan said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m eager to begin working with the team and collaborating on a successful season.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 2026 F1 season commences on March 8 with the Australian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s Jack Doohan has revealed that he received \u201cserious death threats\u201d during his brief Formula 1 stint at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-502144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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