DRS “misunderstanding” from Dowhan causes Japanese GP practice accident

Alpine Driver Jack dohan It is said that he was “caught” by his heavy accident in Japanese Grand Prix Second Practice of Formula 1, with the team’s boss Oliver Ox called it “misunderstanding”.

The miscreants prevent entering high-speed turn 1 in the initial stages of one hour session, Heavy bang in obstaclesDue to the severity of influence, Dowhan was tested at the medical center, but survived the Australian injury.

Dowhan’s accident was entering Turn 1 without manually closing her DRS mechanism due to her, which meant that she turned into a flat-out section with her rear wing. As soon as he turned into the corner due to that aerial imbalance, his alpine had to be spinned.

As soon as a driver hits the brake, the DRS overtaking device automatically becomes inactive, which was not the case in that particular corner.

Ox said, “We are feeling relieved to get away from our event in free exercise two and it is happy to see that he is fine after his precautionary investigation.”

“This was a misunderstanding of DRS not being closed in Turn 1. It’s something to learn and I know that Jack and team will be ready for tomorrow. His crew will work hard to prepare the car after damage.”

Dowhan said the incident caught him from the guard. “It was a heavy one, something that caught me with surprise, and I would learn from it,” he said.

“I know that the team has a lot of work for repairing the car going tomorrow, so thanks in advance for their efforts.

Dowhan gave his place to Alpine Test driver Rio Hirkawa in FP1, meaning that 22 -year -old heads were with only four laps of Suzuka under his belt on Saturday.

In another car, Pierre Galli Packing in the middle of the pack appeared temporarily to confirm the space of Alpine, fighting with the choice Williams And Aston Martin.

“From the point of view of today’s performance, there are some things to work for us,” Oux explained.

“Pierre had a good run in free practice two, which dodges well for yesterday, as Rio did, which did a great job to run through the program this morning. We tried some set-up options between cars and we have a good direction to go ahead of the qualifying.”