Aussie young gun Jack Doohan in terrifying fiery crash at F2 Monaco Grand Prix

Aussie young gun Jack Doohan sparked chaos at the Monaco Grand Prix, spinning out in a fiery crash that nearly turned deadly.

Jack Doohan's car caught on fire. Photo: Twitter.

Australian young gun Jack Doohan’s car caught fire in a terrifying crash during Formula 2’s feature race in Monaco that nearly turned deadly.

Doohan was in fourth place and vying for a podium finish when he sustained damage at the swimming pool chicane and crashed into the wall at Massenet corner.

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He quickly hopped out of his Invicta Virtuosi car as smoke began to billow out of it before the car caught on fire.

Marshals extinguished the blaze but it took some time for the race to be red flagged and there were scary scenes when Victor Martins whizzed past and had to swerve to avoid hitting the marshals.

Jack Doohan's car caught on fire. Photo: Twitter.

The marshals went hard on the fire extinguishers. Photo: Twitter.

Martins was handed a drive through penalty for not slowing down under the yellow flag.

F1 journalist Chris Medland tweeted: “He (Martins) came SO CLOSE to hitting marshals tending to Doohan’s car under waved yellows and Safety Car.”

Thankfully Jack Doohan got out of his car after the crash and before it was engulfed in flames. #FP2#MonacoGPpic.twitter.com/j6FC0zQ2qD

— Phil Randall (@philrandall) May 28, 2023

Este acidente do Victor Martins seria feio... Uma tragédia.#F2#MonacoGP#F2NoBandSportspic.twitter.com/zgPIGfeVXF

— Valdeir S. (@valdeirpsr) May 28, 2023

All going off in #F2. Doohan crashes out and the car catches fire, race control makes a pig's ear of reordering the pack and Martins gets a drive-through after nearly running down two marshalls. #MonacoGP

— Ed Spencer (@EdSpencer99) May 28, 2023

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🚩 RED FLAG 🚩

Jack Doohan, understandably devastated after his exit from the race #MonacoGP#F2pic.twitter.com/2HaLwVjH8Y

— Formula 2 (@Formula2) May 28, 2023

the fire on doohan’s car omfg

— ‎‏lisa⁰¹₈₁ ♡ (@emilianverstppn) May 28, 2023

Frederik Vesti won the F2 race ahead of Theo Pourchaire and Zane Maloney, who did well to take evasive action and only just avoid crashing into Doohan’s wrecked car.

“That is a horrible sight when the drivers are close to collecting another one,” the commentator said.

It was a day to forget for Doohan, who had his head in his hands after crashing out in chaotic scenes.

Doohan is Alpine’s F1 reserve driver’ and seen as Australia’s next F1 prospect after Oscar Piastri made the step up to F1.

The 20-year-old is 13th in the Formula 2 standings on 28 points.

He finished sixth in last year’s championship and enjoyed a breakout F2 season, claiming three victories.

But Doohan endured horror luck in the back half of the season as several crashes ruined his chances of a late run for the championship.