Losers: Williams
Williams’ dreadful run continued into Qatar as they suffered but extra harm inside moments of the lights going out, as Franco Colapinto was collected by Ocon after the Frenchman was hit by Hulkenberg.
Colapinto retired the automobile for his second DNF in three races. It was the staff’s seventh crash within the final 4 Grand Prix weekends.
Crew mate Alex Albon was within the prime 10 within the closing phases however ran out of tyres and fell again to fifteenth on the chequered flag after choosing up a time penalty for a conflict with Kevin Magnussen.
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Winner: Pierre Gasly
Pierre Gasly continued his wealthy vein of type with an excellent drive to fifth from eleventh for his second top-five end in three Grands Prix.
It reveals how far Alpine have come from race one in Bahrain earlier this 12 months, the place they had been woefully obese and locked out the again row, that Gasly was in a position to defend from Ferrari’s Sainz within the closing phases in Qatar.
