Radio-Norris: first doubt, then celebration – News

Radio-Norris: first doubt, then celebration – News


Chaos in the rain

The Chinese GP weekend could not get off to a good start for McLaren. The Woking team were able to celebrate with Lando Norris victory of first place on the grid for the Sprint race tomorrow at the end of one aggressive and attractive qualificationwith a notorious climate and controversial decisions of commissioners who often canceled due to failure to adhere to track boundaries.

The victim of the harshness of the managers was Norris himself, who ended up long in the last corner during a fast lap in SQ3 and saw himself. delete the recorded time and that of the next cycle, which gave him first place in the rankings. Shortly after, the commissioners arrived realize that you made a mistake in your assessment and they brought back English time trial #4. This withdrawal has produced little confusion also on the wall of the papaya box, where it was not immediately clear that Norris had found the starter for tomorrow’s mini race. This is illustrated by the back and forth on the radio between Norris and his race engineer William Joseph.

Back and forth on the radio

Norris: “Is my visit cancelled?”.
Joseph: “Um…we are…they are now saying that the visit has been re-entered (in the rankings). If it’s reinserted, you’re in trouble.”
Norris: “I didn’t follow the stream anywhere, so…”.
Joseph: “Okay, you’re in trouble. Well done!”.
Norris: “Yes dear! Beautiful! Just beautiful.”
Joseph: “You’ve got me worried.”