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Jack Doohan hurried after a huge 185 km / h accident in the Japan -GP practice for the F1 Medical Center

Jack Doohan hurried after a huge 185 km / h accident in the Japan -GP practice for the F1 Medical Center

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Jack Doohan escaped unharmed after stopping a massive 185 km / h accident in the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday.

The Australian driver drove the main throttle directly towards the right corner of the right hand on his fourth F1 racing weekend.

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But Doohan's Alpine's car fell out, with the rear wing of the DRS still open and the car was heavily turned into the tire barrier.

The 22-year-old looked shaken when he was helped from the cockpit and was rated in the FIA ​​Medical Center in Suzuka, although Alpine unveiled that he had not suffered any concussion.

After that, Doohan said: “First of all, I am okay after the incident. It was a heavier, something that surprised me and I will learn from it.

“I know that the team has a lot of work to repair the car tomorrow. Thank you in advance for your efforts. My focus is on tomorrow, when we will have free exercise 3 to prepare for the qualification.”

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As Doohan confirmed, the Alpine Mechanics will have a massive work overnight to repair the car for qualifying on Saturday, with a smashed chassis and a suspension.

The crash of Doohan dissolved a red flag of four stops in a bizarre FP2 session, which contained two sessions due to fires on the side of the route and led to a 22-minute delay.

In particular, Doohan did not take part in the Japanese driver and Alpine Reserve Ryo Hirakawa in his car for a one-hour training session on Friday.

Doohan, the son of the five-time motorcycle world champion Mick Doohan, is already immensely exposed to pressure at the beginning of his rookie campaign, since the Argentine driver Franco Colapinto arrives as a reserve from Williams.

The 22-year-old escaped unharmed, but was rated in the FIA ​​Medical Center (Getty Images)

The Australian crashed in the opening round of the season openings in Melbourne and ended the points and received a penalty from the Chinese family doctor for fourteen days ago.

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Elsewhere on Friday, McLaren found the early pace with Lando Norris in the first exercise and Oscar Piatri found the fastest in the disturbed second practice.

Norris is leading the World Cup with eight points this weekend.

Yuki Tsunoda gave a solid opening report about himself at the debut for Red Bull and in the first training session took the sixth fastest-only a tenth second teammate Max Verstappen.

Lewis Hamilton was the fourth for Ferrari in FP1, with Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc in third place and Mercedes' George Russell in second place.

Qualifying will take place on Saturday morning at 7 a.m. (BST), with the race at 6 a.m. on Sunday.

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