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Lando Norris reveals Fernando Alonso ‘busted' text

Lando Norris was told by Spanish driver, Fernando Alonso, that he had secured a fourth-place grid spot in the Austrian GP, having finished in fifth on the track. His former teammate and Ferrari racer, Carlos Sainz, received a post-race 10-second penalty for breaching track limits, causing Norris to overtake him in the rankings. Sainz was one of eight drivers on the day to receive post-race penalties, five hours after the Austrian GP had ended. The British-Belgian driver had already touched down in the UK when he received the good news from Alonso via text. Want to work in Formula 1? Browse the latest F1 job vacancies He said his first text from Alonso read 'busted,' and after that: 'He...
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