{"id":49254,"date":"2025-05-20T11:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T15:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/jack-doohans-plea-after-fake-online-post-stop-harassing-my-family\/20\/05\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T11:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T15:03:11","slug":"jack-doohans-plea-after-fake-online-post-stop-harassing-my-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/jack-doohans-plea-after-fake-online-post-stop-harassing-my-family\/20\/05\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Doohan&#8217;s plea after fake online post: &#8216;Stop harassing my family&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"e682bf71-71d3-3d38-ba53-46a6fc3dd825\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=5746\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jack Doohan<\/a> has made a plea for online trolls to stop harassing his family after a fake image circulated this week on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the most recent F1 race in Imola, Doohan was dropped by Alpine and replaced by Argentine star <a data-player-guid=\"71917091-b6cb-32c2-a3a2-ef836b777e51\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=5823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Franco Colapinto<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Colapinto had a tough Alpine debut, which featured a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/f1\/story\/_\/id\/45192653\/emilia-romagna-gp-franco-colapinto-crashes-first-alpine-qualifying-session\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">heavy crash during qualifying<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After that happened an image posted by F1 parody account &#8216;formulafakers&#8217; went viral, appearing to be a screenshot of Doohan&#8217;s father Mick &#8212; the motor bike racing legend &#8212; sharing a still image on his Instagram story of Colapinto&#8217;s crash with laughing emojis and the caption &#8220;very impressive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The image had been faked, but it still was picked up as though it was real by numerous outlets, including in Colapinto&#8217;s home country.<\/p>\n<p>Doohan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/jackdoohan\/3636058295840601873?igsh=amlpYjhkMXUyMnRo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">posted to Instagram<\/a> this week to clarify.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As you can clearly see, the story circulating above is completely false,&#8221; he wrote alongside a screenshot of the fake post on his stories.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was fabricated by Argentine fans attempting to portray me and my family in a negative light. They edited the original content to make it appear as though my father posted it, which is entirely untrue. Please stop harassing my family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0520%2Fr1495590_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0520%2Fr1495590_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0520%2Fr1495590_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0520%2Fr1495590_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Jack Doohan has issued a plea on Instagram after a fake post from his father circulated online.\u00a0<cite>David Davies\/PA Images via Getty Images and Jack Doohan Instagram<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;This type of content is so damaging,&#8217; he added in another post.<\/p>\n<p>Doohan then clarified the source of the parody image. &#8220;The source is not Argentine,&#8221; he posted. &#8220;However multiple Argentine outlets falsely reported the fabricated image which triggered the online abuse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Although he has remained at Alpine as reserve driver, Doohan&#8217;s F1 future remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian was given just six races before being dropped. It had appeared as though Doohan might get a chance to return to Alpine later this year, with the team&#8217;s original Colapinto announcement saying he would be in the car for five races.<\/p>\n<p>However, Alpine advisor Flavio Briatore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/f1\/story\/_\/id\/45190807\/alpine-boss-no-set-limit-races-franco-colapinto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">denied the five-race stipulation<\/a> &#8212; even though it came from a team press release quote attributed to him &#8212; and said Colapinto could &#8220;drive forever&#8221; if he does well in his early races with the team.<\/p>\n<p>Alpine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJ2K9xfCuc6\/?igsh=MWxwOXZ1MmlidTF6OA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">released a statement<\/a> following Doohan&#8217;s posts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As an F1 team, we believe we are fortunate to be part of a global sport that evokes great passion and emotions, with an ever-growing community of fans who enthusiastically follow their favourite drivers&#8217; every move, whether it be a brave overtake on track or what style they are sporting when they arrive in the paddock,&#8221; it read.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We encourage everyone to remember that behind the visor of these superhuman athletes there is a person. An individual with feelings, family, friends and loved ones. As a team, we cannot condone online abuse and urge all fans of this sport we love, to be kind and respectful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/f1\/story\/_\/id\/45234745\/jack-doohan-plea-fake-online-post-stop-harassing-my-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Doohan has made a plea for online trolls to stop harassing his family after a fake image circulated this week on<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/jack-doohans-plea-after-fake-online-post-stop-harassing-my-family\/20\/05\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[6988,6989,2227,6990,1232,3649,3871,3237,1612],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0520%2Fr1495590_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49256,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49254\/revisions\/49256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}