Alpine F1 Team finished today's qualifying with Esteban Ocon in eleventh and Fernando Alonso fifteenth for tomorrow's United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas. Despite his efforts today, Fernando will start in nineteenth position on the grid following a penalty for changing to his fourth engine of the season. In temperatures exceeding 30 degrees, both drivers left their nicely shaded garages in Q1 armed with Pirelli's red striped Soft (C4) tyres. Esteban and Fernando took two attempts each to progress to the next qualifying stage, finishing in thirteenth and fourteenth positions. For their runs in Q2, Esteban opted for the (C3) Medium tyres with Fernando fitting Softs. Working as the...
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