The son of world champion Mick Doohan will use the race number familiar to Finns in the future.
In 2014, permanent race numbers were introduced in Formula One. 2007 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen chose 7 as his number.
Räikkönen competed with it until the end of his career (2021). When a certain number has not been used for two years, you can choose it for yourself if you wish.
This is how the 21-year-old from Australia acted Jack Doohanwho will start his F1 career next year in the colors of the French company Alpine. For example, according to Motorsport, Doohan would have originally wanted the number 12, but it had already been whitewashed by Mercedes, who will also debut in F1 next year Kimi Antonelli.
For Doohan, seven is already a familiar number from smaller formula classes. The world champion of track motorcycling Mick Doohan’s the boy says that he admired the fast Finn as a child.
– I wanted a number that I’ve had before. One that really means something to me. I raced with number seven in 2019.
– One of my idols, a really special person and driver has also competed with that number. I’m looking forward to continuing it and making it my own. I hope the number seven brings me happiness, Doohan expressed in Alpine’s Instagram post.
Doohan finished third in the F2 series last year.