6 winners and 5 losers of the US Grand Prix. Who left Austin at a brisk pace?

Loser: Pierre Gasly

Pierre Gasly couldn’t help but smile as he equaled his and Alpine’s best qualifying result of the season with P7 on Saturday, also repeating his performance at last year’s Austin round.

However, although he ran in the top 10 in the first stint, a slow stop cost him track position and he was unable to replicate the speed he showed at medium speed when he switched to hard, which ultimately put him out of the running. points.

Winner: Franco Colapinto

Franco Colapinto put in another astonishing performance to take second place in the points from four attempts and help his Williams team move clear of Alpine (now four points clear) in their battle for eighth place.

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The Argentine rider made up for the loss of several places at the start, which pushed him further back from the top 10, to make the best of it and take the final points position of the day.

He was also on track to score a point for the fastest lap, but Alpine’s Esteban Ocon snatched the fastest lap with three laps remaining.