{"id":603244,"date":"2026-04-13T02:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/603244\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T02:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:59:18","slug":"f1-news-jack-doohans-podium-hopes-dashed-in-european-le-mans-series-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/603244\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 news: Jack Doohan\u2019s podium hopes dashed in European Le Mans Series debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJack Doohan’s suffered a right rear failure in the closing laps of the 4 Hours of Barcelona.<\/p>\n

Racing at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the #24 Nielsen Racing entry qualified eighth for the 4 Hours of Barcelona.<\/p>\n

Ed Pearson and Roy Nissany avoided a chaotic start to the race before handing the Oreca 07 over to Doohan for the final hour.<\/p>\n

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Doohan took the team from outside the top five to briefly lead the race.<\/p>\n

The Australian\u2019s fight was ultimately for second, and with less than 10 minutes to go made light contact with the #34 Inter Europol car to move into the runner-up position.<\/p>\n

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Doohan was on course to claim second place until the final minute when the right rear began to sag.<\/p>\n

Despite the damage, Doohan limped across the line to finish sixth.<\/p>\n

The team was then demoted to seventh due to an earlier infringement for speeding under the Full Course Yellow, which added 10 seconds to their time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe car was strong, drivers and pace were solid and the team did what needed to be done in every single stop,\u201d Nielsen Racing wrote on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe aim was to gain experience for Jack, Ed, Roy and the team and end up leading for a good portion for Jack\u2019s stint, fighting hard for the win, but again it wasn\u2019t meant to be.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be back in a couple of weeks and aiming higher.\u201d<\/p>\n

The race win went to Forestier Racing by Panis trio Esteban Masson, Oliver Gray, and Louis Rousset.<\/p>\n

They defeated the Inter Europol Competition entry of Bijoy Garg and Reshad De Gerus by 13.398s while Australia\u2019s Griffin Peebles was third in the United Autosports entry shared with Gregoire Saucy and Ben Hanley.<\/p>\n

The four-hour race was a dramatic one from start to finish. Jonas Reid spun his Proton Competition car at Turn 2 on the opening lap and was t-boned by CLX Motorsport of Georgios Kolovos.<\/p>\n

Behind the LMP2 pile-up, there was drama in the LMP3 field as several cars went spinning and were buried in the gravel trap at Turn 1.<\/p>\n

With so many cars scattered across the track, the race was red-flagged.<\/p>\n

Kolovos was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment where a back fracture was discovered.<\/p>\n

\u201cGeorgios Kolovos was involved in an incident with two other LMP2 cars during the opening lap of the 4 Hours of Barcelona,\u201d the team said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter exiting the car, Georgios reported back pain and was immediately attended to by the medical team.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a precaution, he was evacuated on a stretcher and transferred to hospital for further evaluation.<\/p>\n

\u201cMedical examinations have confirmed a fracture of the L2 vertebra. He remains under observation, but is in stable condition and doing well.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll our thoughts are with Georgios, and we wish him a full and speedy recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

The European Le Mans Series returns on May 3 at Circuit Paul Ricard for the 4 Hours of Le Castellet.<\/p>\n


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