{"id":178104,"date":"2025-12-11T00:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T00:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/178104\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T00:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T00:22:11","slug":"f1-news-jack-doohan-crashes-in-suzuka-super-formula-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/178104\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 news: Jack Doohan crashes in Suzuka Super Formula test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/XPB_1338784_HiRes.jpg\" alt=\"Doohan crashes in Suzuka test, Rovanpera \u2018banned\u2019 by illness\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJack Doohan at the 2025 Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Image: Bearne \/ XPB Images<\/p>\n<p>The ex-Alpine driver went off at Turn 9 \u2013 the second Degner corner \u2013 and backed his car into the foam wall.<\/p>\n<p>Doohan was uninjured, but elected not to speak with the media after the incident reportedly due to personal reasons.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian completed 36 laps in the morning, posting a 1:41.581s in the morning to be 21st of the 22 drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Doohan improved to 18th with a 1:39.683s before his crash cut the afternoon short with 19 laps to his name.<\/p>\n<p>Igor Fraga was the fastest driver across both sessions, beginning the day with a 1:37.429s that he later eclipsed with a 1:37.158s for Nakajima Racing.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Red flag for Jack Doohan, who has been off at Degner 2\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SFormula?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SFormula<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jCELN4eeuZ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/jCELN4eeuZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jamie Klein \/\u30af\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3\u30fb\u30b8\u30a7\u30a4\u30df\u30fc (@JamieKlein_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamieKlein_\/status\/1998631457133359571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a turbulent day not only for Doohan, but also for fellow newcomer Kalle Rovanpera, who fell sick.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time world rally champion completed 32 laps in the morning but sat out the afternoon\u2019s session.<\/p>\n<p>Rovanpera complained of discomfort towards the end of Wednesday morning\u2019s session.<\/p>\n<p>The Finnish driver said he would not test on Thursday or Friday on the advice of doctors.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a devastating blow for Rovanpera, costing him two full days worth of testing before the season begins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately our planned three day testing event has come to an early end,\u201d Rovanpera wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday after the first morning session I got symptoms of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo which affects balance and vision through inner ear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoctors have banned me from driving for the rest of the week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally disappointed as we didn\u2019t have chance to do any proper driving other than our aero test this morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBad luck to have this happen in our first outing. Time to heal up and focus on the next drives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rovanpera will continue his Super Formula preparations with a four-round swing in New Zealand, contesting the Formula Regional Oceania Championship with Hitech GP.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/motorsport-news-2025-kalle-rovanpera-confirmed-formula-regional-oceania-trophy-details-wrc-champion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WRC champion confirmed for Formula Regional Oceania<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.parcelprotect.com.au\/deliveryrun\/?utm_source=Speedcafe&amp;utm_website=EDM&amp;utm_campaign=Speedcafe_2025\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"328_Parcel-speedcafe_takeover_v1_728x90\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765147930_42_328_Parcel-speedcafe_takeover_v1_728x90.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Doohan at the 2025 Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. 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