PIERRE GASLY has revealed he felt like he was “getting stabbed” in the stomach towards the end of the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix.
The AlphaTauri driver, 26, claimed his first points of the season with an eighth place finish on Sunday.
Gasly revealed his stomach pain after the race
The Frenchman secured four more points for AlphaTauri
But since then he has confirmed the horrific pain he was experiencing for the last third of the race.
Speaking on Sky Sports, he said: “The last 15 laps I’ve never had that much pain, I don’t know what happened in my intestine.
“The last 10 laps was like getting stabbed every left corner, the most painful laps I’ve had so I don’t know what’s happened.
“Anyway I’m just happy the race is over and happy we got these points.
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“I’ve seen him [the doctor] already, we’ll see after, I don’t know what it is but it was not a nice feeling.
“It was more like surviving rather than anything else. But we’ll see what’s happened.”
Reigning world champion Max Verstappen claimed his first victory of the 2022 season after overtaking Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc late on in Saudi Arabia.
Leclerc still managed second place to go with his victory in Bahrain – meaning he already has a 12-point lead in the drivers’ standings.
The Monegasque’s Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz took the third step on the podium ahead of Verstappen’s Red Bull partner Sergio Perez.
Mercedes‘ George Russell took fifth place, but it was a difficult day for seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton.
The Brit finished way down in 10th, just 24 hours after being dumped out in Q1 of qualifying.
