Alpine says Jack Doohan’s horrific high-speed Formula 1 crash in second practice for the Japanese Grand Prix was down to driver error and not a t🥀echnical problem.

Team principal Oliver Oakes has revealed Doohan’s failure to close the DRS on time led to him losing control of the car and168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: smashing into barriers at the exit of Turn 1.

Having missed the opening practice session, the Australian was completing his first miles around the Suzuka circuit when he suddenly ran wide at the openiဣng right-hander at 185mph and💫 brought out the red flags.

The nature of the crash, as well as the heavy impact, led to speculation that a mechanical issue may have been at the r🎃oot of the issue.

It was a🔴lso🍌 suggested that other factors might have been at play, with wind in particular catching out several drivers on Friday afternoon.

Alpine explain why Jack Doohan crashed at F1 Japanese Grand Prix

However, after receiving the wrecked car from the FIA and conducting a full analysis, Alpine has concluded that the crash w🤪as caused by ꦉa mistake on Doohan’s part.

The rear wing gets automatically shut when the driver hits the brake after a DRS zone. But 𝐆since Turn 1 is taken nearly flat-out, the DRS m💫ust be manually disabled by the driver.

“We are all relieved to see Jack walk away from his incident in Free Practice 2 a﷽nd glad to see he is OK after his precautionary checks,” said Oakes.

“It was a misjudgement of not closing the DRS into Turn 1. It is somet🌳hing to learn from and I know Jack and the team will be ready for tomorrow.

💧“His crew will work hard to have the car prepared after the damage. From a performance point of view today, there are some things for us to work on.

“Pierre🐻 had a good run in Free Practice 2, which bodes well for tomorrow, as did Ryo, who did a great job to run through the programme this morning. We tried some set-up options between cars and we have a good direction 🎉to go in ahead of Qualifying.”

The incident means F1 rookie D🐼oohan heads into Saturday with limited preparations.

He was already force😼d to sit out🍷 FP1 as Alpine brought in reserve driver Ryo Hirakawa to complete mandatory rookie driver running.

It’s unclear if🐟 Alpine is rebuilding the car around a new chassis afte🅠r the collision.

“First of all, I am OK after the incident,ℱ” said Doohan. “It was a heavy one, something that caught me by surprise, and I will learn from it. 

“I know the team has a lot of work ahead to repair the car going into tomorrow, so thanks in advanceℱ tꩵo them for their efforts.

“My fo🎃cus is on tomorrow where we will have Free Practice 3 to get ready for Qualifying.”

Doohan, who is uওnder pressure to retain his seat at Alpine, finished 13th in the Chinese GP last month after retiring from a rain-affected season opener i🐷n Australia.