Alpine has published a statement condemning online abuse in the wake of the harassment Jack Doohan and his family, namely his father Mick, has received online over a doctored social media post.
A parody social media account - which propagates fake and false Formula 1 and motorsport 'news' - shared an altered social media post, framed as being from Mick Doohan's Instagram account, over the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
The 'post' showed Franco Colapinto's crashed Alpine, after his accident during qualifying at Imola, with a caption over the top reading "very impressive", which was accompanied with multiple crying laughing emojis.
This coming on the first F1 weekend after Jack Doohan had been sidelined by Alpine in favour of the 21-year-old.
The fake post instigated an online onslaught directed at Jack, Mick and the rest of the Doohan family. It escalated to the point Doohan issued a plea on social media himself.
Whilst the social media profile accountable for the careless and irresponsible post has since apologised for its error in judgement, Alpine has denounced the actions of those perpetrating the abuse as well.
FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem has also released a statement deploring abuse from fans after racism was directed towards Yuki Tsunoda following the Racing Bulls driver venting his frustration at Colapinto during FP1 at Imola, having been impeded by the Alpine.
The 25-year-old highlighted the abuse directed towards not only himself, but Doohan too, and called for F1 to intervene if the situation worsened.
Colapinto also spoke out, urging "calm and respect" in response to the hatred aimed at Tsunoda.
Alpine's statement can be found below.
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