Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso will start the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix from the front row alongside Max Verstappen after Nico Hulkenberg, who came second in qualifying, received a penalty.
Hulkenberg was given a three-place penalty for a red flag violation and will start the race from the fifth place on the grid.
"The driver had just finished his fastest lap and had started another push lap. He was at T1 when the red flag was displayed, however at that point he was already 1.5 seconds over his delta time. He claimed this made it extremely difficult for him to come below the delta in the next sector. He also admitted to confusion about the beep signal in his headset, and therefore at one stage thought he was going too slow," a report by the stewards said but noted he was given a smaller penalty because of the "mitigating circumstance."
