Fernando Alonso has made light of his huge grid penalty at the Belgian Grand Prix by flipping the provisional grid on social media to show him on the front row with Lewis Hamilton.
Alonso has been hit with a 60-place grid penalty, accumulated after multiple engine failures and changes since the start of the Spa weekend. That has put him behind championship leader Hamilton, who has a 55-place penalty after Mercedes made several changes of its own, albeit with a more tactical approach to stockpile fresh power units for the remainder of the year.
After the size of his penalty was confirmed, Alonso shared a picture of the FIA's provisional grid upside down, showing him at the head of the field alongside his former McLaren teammate.
Actual polesitter Nico Rosberg soon replied to Alonso's tweet, joking that he would have to visit the stewards to query the grid reversal.
😳 I think i should appeal against this decision https://t.co/rtorQlK2Ch
— Nico Rosberg (@nico_rosberg) August 28, 2016
The Spaniard's last pole position was in 2012 at the German Grand Prix.