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#3 Alonso slingshots into the best of the rest
As of right now, the battle for 7th place in the World Driver's Championship is a tense one. With Perez, Hulkenberg and Magnussen all tied at 53 points and Alonso and Ocon right behind with 50 and 49 points respectively. This means that just one big point-score for any of these guys could shuffle the standings from 7th to 11th spectacularly.
We see the one to shuffle being Fernando Alonso, coming off a 2nd-place finish at the 6 Hours of Fuji WEC race. The Spaniard is in his apparent last season in Formula One, and after the added boost of a podium in WEC, we see him coming into Austin with the motivation needed to bag some good points.
While any of Perez, Hulkenberg and Magnussen could easily achieve higher, being in superior cars to the McLaren, if there's anyone who can take advantage of a safety car or variable conditions, it would be Alonso.
