Jack Doohan

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Jack Michael Doohan ( ; born 20 January 2003) is an Australian racing driver who competes in the European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 class for Nielsen Racing. He also serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Haas. Doohan competed in Formula One at seven Grands Prix from to . Born and raised in the city of Gold Coast, Queensland, Doohan is the son of five-time Grand Prix motorcycle World Champion Mick Doohan. He began kart racing aged nine in a go-kart given to him by Michael Schumacher, winning multiple national titles. Graduating to junior formulae in 2018, Doohan started his career in the F4 British Championship. After finishing runner-up to Joey Alders in the 2019–20 F3 Asian Championship, Doohan moved to FIA Formula 3 in , where he finished runner-up to Dennis Hauger the following season with Trident. Doohan then progressed to FIA Formula 2, achieving several wins in both his and campaigns with Virtuosi, and finishing third in the latter. A member of the Alpine Academy since 2022—previously a member of the Red Bull Junior Team—Doohan served as a reserve driver for Alpine in and , debuting in Formula One at the latter as a replacement for Esteban Ocon. He was promoted to a full-time seat in , replacing Ocon to partner Pierre Gasly; he was replaced by Franco Colapinto after six rounds without points.

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1. date of birth: 2003-01-20 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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