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Jack Doohan says he received death threats before he was dropped by F1 team Alpine
Jack Doohan received multiple death threats by email and faced armed men, prompting a police escort at the 2025 Miami Grand Prix, before being replaced at Alpine.
- Jack Doohan says he received six or seven email threats warning of limb cutting around last year's Miami Grand Prix.
- Alpine dropped Doohan after Miami, replacing him with Franco Colapinto, while Doohan and his family faced online abuse he linked to fans from Argentina.
- He said he saw three 'armed men' and called his police escort to get the situation under control, but he did not identify who was responsible or specify how it was resolved.
- Now Doohan serves as a reserve driver for Haas, while Alpine finished last in the constructors' standings with both drivers not scoring a point.
- Netflix's Drive To Survive, documentary series released Friday, shows Doohan describing the atmosphere around his final Alpine race as `pretty heavy stuff`.
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Jack Doohan says he received threats of death and had to call the police to solve a situation with armed men in the Grand Prix period of Miami last year, even before he lost his pilot's place of Formula 1 at Alpine, reports the AP.
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Jack Doohan says he received death threats before he was dropped by F1 team Alpine
Jack Doohan says he received death threats and had to call police to resolve an encounter with armed men around the time of last year’s Miami Grand Prix.
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Jack Doohan received death threats before last year's Miami Formula 1 Grand Prix, the 23-year-old Australian driver said in the documentary series Drive to Survive, the AP reported.
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