18.02.2019

Red Bull junior and British Formula 4 Rookie Cup champion Jack Doohan will race in Euroformula Open this year with a yet to be decided team, according to an announcement made today by Red Bull Junior Team.

The 16-year-old Australian, son of five-time MotoGP champion Mick Doohan, stepped up to car racing last year after a successful career in karting where he was Australian champion two times in the KA2 and KAJ classes.

In 2017 he competed internationally in the OKJ class, finishing third in the European championship and sixth in the world championship. As a result, he was added to the Red Bull Junior Team.

Last year he won three races on the way to fifth in the British F4 standings, and also raced in ADAC and Italian F4, getting crucial experience of the circuits he’ll be racing on in Euroformula Open this year.

Doohan is the latest Red Bull junior to race in Euroformula Open, following four-time Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel, current McLaren Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz Jr, former Toro Rosso driver Jaime Alguersuari, and sportscar star Filipe Albuquerque.

(Picture: autoaction.com.au)