Gasly left “screaming in pain” from intestine during Jeddah F1 race
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The AlphaTauri driver, who finished eighth in Jeddah, described the closing stages of Sunday night’s grand prix as “the most painful last 15 laps of my career” after suffering from severe intestine pain.Gasly was unfortunate to fall outside the top 10 after making his pit stop just before the Safety Car was deployed, but the Frenchman battled his way back through the order – and the pain – to claim four points in eighth. “I must say I am really happy,” Gasly said. “It was very unlucky timing with the pitstop, when we boxed, as soon as I came out of the pits, I saw the safety car came out, so I dropped to 14th.“We managed to make our way back to P8, so yeah, I think we can be happy and on my side, it’s been the most painful last 15 laps of my career.Related Winners and losers from F1’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Verstappen played “smart tricks” with DRS to overcome Leclerc“I don’t know what’s happened with my intestine, but I was dying inside the car. I was screaming because of pain and just happy the race is done, and we managed to secure P8.”3034148.0064.jpg Asked how hard it was to focus, Gasly replied: “The last five laps, it was just about surviving. “I was just massively in pain so I was just counting the laps to end and that’s why I’m happy we managed to finish the race in P8.”After the race finished, Gasly reported to his team over the radio “it’s been the worst last five laps of in my life. I don’t know what’s happened but so much pain.”Related Saudi Arabia F1 driver ratings: 4/10 for Hamilton and here’s why… Hamilton: I ‘couldn’t keep up with the Haas’, Mercedes has work to doSpeaking in a later interview with Sky, Gasly confirmed he had already seen a doctor but was still unsure what was the cause of his discomfort. “I’ve seen him already, we’ll see after,” he explained. “I don’t know what it is. We’ll see what’s happened.” “4
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