Loser: Pierre Gasly
Pierre Gasly couldn’t keep the smile off his face as he tied his and Alpine’s best qualifying of the season with P7on Saturday, while also replicating his performance at last year’s event in Austin.
However, while he ran inside the top-10 in the first stint, a slow stop cost him track position and he wasn’t able to replicate the speed he showed on the medium when he swapped to the hards, which ultimately dropped him out of the points.
Winner: Franco Colapinto
Franco Colapinto delivered another striking performance to score his second points finish in four attempts and help his Williams team edge further away from Alpine (the gap is now four points) in their fight for P8.
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The Argentine driver made up for losing a few places at the start, which dropped him even further away from the top-10, to make a one-stop work and claim the final points-paying position of the day.
He was on course to take the point for fastest lap, too, only for Alpine’s Esteban Ocon to snatch the quickest tour with three laps to go.
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