{"id":502466,"date":"2026-02-25T05:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T05:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/502466\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T05:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T05:22:17","slug":"jack-doohan-reveals-death-threats-at-miami-grand-prix-alpine-drive-to-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/502466\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Doohan reveals death threats at Miami Grand Prix, Alpine, Drive to Survive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jack Doohan<\/a> has revealed he faced graphic death threats during a turbulent tenure at Alpine<\/a>, at one point requiring an armed security detail to navigate the Miami Grand Prix<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Doohan held his seat for a volatile six-race stint last season before being dumped from the line up, a period defined by constant speculation and internal team turmoil.<\/p>\n

In a shocking revelation from the upcoming season of Netflix’s Drive to Survive, the now 23-year-old discussed the campaign of violent threats he faced leading up to the Florida round \u2014 his final race for the team before being replaced by Argentine driver Franco Colapinto.<\/p>\n

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\"Jack<\/p>\n

Jack Doohan makes his way through the Shanghai pit lane ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix.\u00a0Bryn Lennon\/Formula 1 via Getty Images<\/p>\n

“I got serious death threats for this [Miami] Grand Prix, saying they’re going to kill me here if I’m not out of the car,” Doohan said in an interview for the documentary series.<\/p>\n

“I had six or seven emails saying if I am still in the car by Miami, all my limbs will be cut off.”<\/p>\n

Alpine supremo Flavio Briatore’s move to lure Colapinto from Williams put Doohan under immediate pressure.<\/p>\n

Doohan detailed the disturbing content of the messages, which spiralled far beyond typical online abuse.<\/p>\n

The threats became so severe that the Australian required a police escort and armed protection while navigating the Miami race weekend alongside his girlfriend, Ebony Zippora Gold, and trainer, Sergi Bou Garcia.<\/p>\n

“Wednesday, I was there with my f—ing girlfriend and my trainer, and I’ve got three f—ing armed men around me, I had to call my police escort to come and get it under control,” he said.<\/p>\n

\"Jack<\/p>\n

Jack Doohan walks in the Pitlane during sprint qualifying ahead of the Miami Grand Prix. \u00a0Bryn Lennon\/ Formula 1 via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Doohan endured a shocking start to his Formula 1<\/a> career, failing to score a single championship point across seven attempts.<\/p>\n

Despite showing glimpses of raw pace \u2014 even outqualifying teammate Pierre Gasly in Miami \u2014 a horror run of incidents marred his tenure.<\/p>\n

Between a DNF at his home race and a high-speed crash in Japanese practice, things did not turn out as the son of motorsport legend Mick had hoped.<\/p>\n

Alpine replaced Doohan with Colapinto ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, demoting him to reserve duties before both parties mutually agreed to part ways in January.<\/p>\n

Doohan has since joined Haas as a reserve driver for this season<\/a>, supporting Oliver Bearman and Esteban Ocon.<\/p>\n

“I wasn’t able to enjoy being a Formula 1 driver, something I dreamt of for so long,” Doohan said of his time with Alpine.<\/p>\n

“So yeah, it’s pretty shit.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Doohan has revealed he faced graphic death threats during a turbulent tenure at Alpine, at one point…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-502466","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\/502466","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=502466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}