The other Doohan charting his way to motorsport success

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Megan White

Jun 16, 2022, 2:10 PM

Heading into FIA Formula 2 this season, there was a lot of pressure on Jack Doohan. The 2021 F3 runner-up joined a new team for his next challenge, as well as signing up to the Alpine Academy. He told Autosport how he’s tackling the step up - with some help from his motorcycle legend father

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As one of 10 rookies joining the F2 grid in 2022, Jack Doohan has been one of the most talked about. Finishing 2021 as F3 runner-up to Dennis Hauger, who has also made the step up to F2 this season, Doohan took four wins and seven podiums on his title charge last year, finishing with 179 points – just 26 shy of the champion.

It was an impressive season from the young Australian, and even more so considering he failed to score a point the previous year, making his debut with HWA Racelab and finishing 26th in the standings with 0 points. But his move to Trident proved fruitful, and with a solid season behind him, he joined 2021 F2 runners-up Virtuosi Racing for his F2 campaign – the team which fielded Zhou Guanyu in the series last year, finishing third before moving up to Formula 1 with Alfa Romeo.

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Megan White is Autosport’s News Editor and Formula 2 and 3 reporter.

She began her career in national news after graduating from Kingston University, working at SWNS and the Evening Standard, with a stint working in communications in the music industry.

Megan made the switch to motorsport in 2021, swapping covering COVID and Brexit as a Digital News Editor at LBC for F2, F3 and W Series. Her love of cars began as a child, but her passion for motorsport was ignited after watching the Senna documentary. She has since also developed a fondness for MotoGP.

Away from motorsport, Megan enjoys collecting records, seeing live music and ice hockey.