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Doohan's father slams Alpine after Colapinto crash

May 18 Jack Doohan's famous father has aimed a clear jibe at Alpine after the rookie Australian was axed from the race lineup. Franco Colapinto, highly rated but also heavily backed by corporate Argentina, was already off Pierre Gasly's pace when he entered what would become a disastrous debut qualifying session for the Enstone based team. First, when the 21-year-old's engineer told him to 'creep out' of the garage following a red flag, Colapinto ignored the instruction and drove to the end of the pitlane – earning him a grid penalty. But even worse was yet to come for Doohan's replacement when he crashed extremely heavily. 'I was getting closer and closer to Gasly,' Colapinto said...
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