Gasly says he struggled with the issue over the last 15 laps of the Jeddah race, but he managed to keep going and finish in eighth place.
The Frenchman had run strongly in the first part of the race, behind the group consisting of Esteban Ocon, Fernando Alonso, Valtteri Bottas and Kevin Magnussen, but lost out by pitting just before the safety car.
Fighting back to finish in eighth place the result came as a huge relief for the team following Gasly’s fiery retirement in Bahrain and a terrible weekend in Jeddah for Yuki Tsunoda, where the Japanese driver could not take part in qualifying or the race, stopping on-track with an oil pressure issue on the laps to the grid for the race start.
There was also a series of problems for Gasly this weekend, including clutch gremlins and floor damage, which meant combined with the intestine pain he was happy to score points.
“I’m really happy, but it was very unlucky timing with the pitstop,” he said when asked by Autosport if he was…
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