Striked rabbit still had more impact at Alpine than Jack Doohan

May 17, 2025 - photo DNF.news

Tragedy struck at Imola as Pierre Gasly’s Alpine collided with a rabbit during free practice — a moment engineers are now calling “the most useful aerodynamic test of the season.”

Covered in vaporized rabbit residue, the A525 revealed airflow patterns previously only theorized in CFD simulations. “It was like free-flow-vis,” said one stunned technician.

Team sources confirmed the data gathered post-impact was “shockingly rich,” with real-time footage showing visible vortex separation across the floor. “We saw more actionable data in five seconds than we did in six races with Doohan.”

Gasly’s Alpine required quick repairs after the floor and front wing sustained damage — but mechanics were in better spirits than usual, having finally worked on a car that gave back some insight.

As for the rabbit, its legacy lives on in terabytes of telemetry — and in Alpine’s wind tunnel, where a rabbit-shaped sensor prototype is already under testing.