6 Winners and 5 Losers from the USA Grand Prix – Who left Austin with a spring of their step?

Loser: Pierre Gasly

Pierre Gasly couldn’t maintain the smile off his face as he tied his and Alpine’s greatest qualifying of the season with P7on Saturday, whereas additionally replicating his efficiency ultimately yr’s occasion in Austin.

Nonetheless, whereas he ran contained in the top-10 within the first stint, a gradual cease price him monitor place and he wasn’t capable of replicate the pace he confirmed on the medium when he swapped to the hards, which in the end dropped him out of the factors.

Winner: Franco Colapinto

Franco Colapinto delivered one other hanging efficiency to attain his second factors end in 4 makes an attempt and assist his Williams crew edge additional away from Alpine (the hole is now 4 factors) of their combat for P8.

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The Argentine driver made up for dropping a number of locations initially, which dropped him even additional away from the top-10, to make a one-stop work and declare the ultimate points-paying place of the day.

He was on target to take the purpose for quickest lap, too, just for Alpine’s Esteban Ocon to grab the quickest tour with three laps to go.