Alpine had to build a spare car for Duane.

      On Saturday morning in Suzuka, Jack Duane took to the track and participated in the third practice session, while he actually has a new Alpine A525 car. All that remained of the old one was the power plant, which miraculously was not damaged in yesterday's accident, but the chassis and everything else had to be completely replaced.

      Actually, it was immediately clear that the team would have to do just that, because even visually it was possible to assess how serious the consequences of departure from the highway at speeds below 300 km/h were. Fortunately, the rider himself is fine, and that's really the most important thing.

      The team confirmed that Jack was to blame for what happened, and in the 1st corner of the track yesterday, the following happened to him: riders most often go through this turn at full throttle, i.e. without taking their foot off the accelerator pedal or resorting to braking.

      If you release the throttle or apply the brake, the DRS wing will close automatically, but at turn 1, the rider must do this manually. But Jack did not do this, and this is clearly visible on the video taken by the on-board camera of his car.

      That is, at the exit of the last turn of the previous lap, he opened the rear wing, and it remained in this position until the moment when the car suddenly turned at full speed and was thrown off the track.

      There's only one question: did Jack accidentally forget to do this because he didn't make it automatic? Or was he not reminded of this? According to Alpine, in the process of working on the simulator, he clearly performed this operation.…

      As a result, both Duane and the team paid a heavy price for his mistake–literally. The Apine mechanics had to work all night to assemble the car for him around a spare chassis. Hopefully, Jack has also managed to rebuild himself psychologically, and the picture of yesterday's accident does not come up in his mind's eye when he tries to catch up today.