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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFormer Alpine F1 driver Jack Doohan.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFormer Alpine F1 driver Jack Doohan.<\/p>\n
An episode of the Netflix series details the build-up to the 2025 Miami Grand Prix, which proved to be Doohan\u2019s last F1 start with the French team.<\/p>\n
Even before that race, there had been speculation that Doohan\u2019s time at Alpine was up.<\/p>\n
An episode, titled \u2018Strictly Business\u2019 follows Doohan and the controversial team boss Flavio Briatore.<\/p>\n
Doohan was ultimately replaced by Argentina\u2019s Franco Colapinto mid-way through the 2025 season, and he remained with Alpine into 2026 alongside Pierre Gasly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI got serious death threats for this [Miami] Grand Prix, saying they\u2019re going to kill me here, if I\u2019m not out of the car,\u201d Doohan says in the episode.<\/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.\u201d<\/p>\n
In another scene, Doohan recounted: \u201cI was there with my fucking girlfriend and my trainer, and I got three fucking men, like, armed men.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had to call my police escort to come and get it under control.\u201d<\/p>\n
In statements, Alpine and F1 said it knew about the threats and acted accordingly by upping security for Doohan.<\/p>\n
\u201cFormula 1 is a family and a community that is based on respect and support for each other,\u201d said F1 in a statement.<\/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\u2019s career lasted just six grands prix. He crashed in his home race, the Australian Grand Prix, at Albert Park.<\/p>\n
The Gold Coast-born driver suffered two non-finishes in his short spell, with the only standout a 13th place finish at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.<\/p>\n
The Drive to Survive episode includes a scene in which Gasly claimed people had been talking about Doohan in a \u201ctoxic\u201d way.<\/p>\n
Doohan\u2019s family was also subject to harassment. Fabricated images purportedly posted by his father Mick to Instagram in the wake of Colapinto\u2019s crash at Imola circulated on social media and caused backlash from Argentine fans.<\/a><\/p>\n Doohan remained with Alpine to the end of the 2026 season as a reserve driver, though he never raced in Formula 1 competitively again.<\/p>\n Netflix releases Formula 1: Drive to Survive Season 8 trailer<\/a><\/p>\n
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