Lando Norris reveals CHEEKY Fernando Alonso text after Austrian Grand Prix chaos

Lando Norris

Norris reveals CHEEKY Alonso text after Austrian Grand Prix chaos

Lando Norris finished P4 after penalties were applied in the aftermath of the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix

Harry Smith

Thursday 6 July 2023 13:57

Lando Norris has revealed exactly what Fernando Alonso messaged him after the Austrian Grand Prix as a raft of time penalties were applied throughout the grid.

After the chaos that ensued during the Austrian Grand Prix, Aston Martin called in a protest with following a suspicion of the existence of unpenalised track limit violations.

When the new classification was published, Norris climbed a place to P4, taking advantage of a penalty for Ferrari driver and former McLaren team-mate, Carlos Sainz.

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Fernando Alonso also benefitted from Sainz's penalties, leapfrogging his Spanish compatriot to finish P5.

Alonso's penalty celebration

Speaking to PlanetF1 about the penalty debacle after the Austrian Grand Prix, Norris explained the role that Alonso played in keeping him in the loop.

“I think Fernando [Alonso] straightaway texted me ‘busted’.

“And then he told me to read what was happening and who we thought was going to get penalties and so on.