Pierre Gasly will start Sunday\u2019s Singapore Grand Prix from the pit lane after Alpine made setup changes to his A525, breaking parc ferme conditions.<\/p>\n
Gasly qualified the slowest of all under the lights at the Marina Bay circuit as his final attempt to break out of Q1 ended with his car pointing at the Turn 9 barrier.<\/p>\n
Pierre Gasly will line up in the pit lane<\/p>\n
Out on track for a final flying lap, the Frenchman brought out the yellow flags when his A525 broke down with the driver reporting \u201closing everything\u201d with heavy steering.<\/p>\n
The French driver finished in 20th as a consequence.<\/p>\n
\u201cOil protection cut,\u201d Gasly<\/a> told the media.<\/p>\n Asked if it was a sensor issue, he replied: \u201cI\u2019m not even going to go into details, I just had to stop the car.<\/p>\n \u201cNot good. Not good.<\/p>\n \u201cI couldn\u2019t even turn. I was putting all my strength just to get around that Turn Nine, and then I had no throttle.\u201d<\/p>\n More from the Singapore Grand Prix<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49 Has Mercedes\u2019 new front wing cured the W16\u2019s tyre issues?<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49 New Max Verstappen evidence emerges after Lando Norris Singapore GP accusation<\/a><\/p>\n Gasly was elevated to 18th on the grid after the FIA stewards disqualified Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz, who had finished 12th and 13th, when their FW47\u2019s rear wing slot gap failed post-session checks.<\/p>\n