Hadjar given 3-place grid penalty; starts P12

Isack Hadjar has been handed a three-place grid punishment for impeding Williams operator Carlos Sainz during qualifying astatine the Canadian Grand Prix.

Sainz said his full play was "destroyed" aft helium was knocked retired successful Q1 arsenic a effect of the incident.

"I don't attraction if I was fast," Sainz told reporters connected Saturday evening. "If successful Q1 you get and there's a feline successful the mediate of the roadworthy that wholly blows your qualifying distant and that means that your play is destroyed.

"I'm successful P17 erstwhile I should beryllium warring for Q3 and apical 8 today, truthful I'm highly disappointed."

Hadjar qualified ninth, and has dropped to 12th with the punishment applied.

Stewards ruled that: "Car 6 was connected an in-lap and was caught by Car 55, connected a propulsion lap, astatine the introduction to Turn 6. Although Car 6 attempted to determination disconnected the racing enactment to permission abstraction for Car 55, the determination was excessively late. The operator of Car 6 agreed that Car 55 was impeded. He explained that helium had earlier been told by his squad that Car 55 was approaching connected a propulsion thigh but the squad past told him that Car 55 had abandoned the lap.

"He said that though helium saw Car 55 successful his mirrors, helium relied upon what helium had been told by his squad and erstwhile helium realised the accusation was incorrect helium did his champion to determination retired of the way.

"The modular punishment for this infringement during qualifying successful the Penalty Guidelines is simply a three-grid presumption punishment careless of whether the incidental was the responsibility of the operator oregon the team."

Hadjar defended himself afterwards, saying helium had not been made alert Sainz was connected a timed thigh down him.

He said: "I ne'er impede anyone, not adjacent successful practice.

"I got told Carlos had aborted his lap, and successful information helium was inactive pushing. So, implicit miscommunication from what I got told. It's a shame, it ruins his qualifying and astir apt a spot mine."

Yuki Tsunoda was besides handed a grid penalty, of 10-places, aft helium overtook Oscar Piastri nether the reddish emblem during Friday's 2nd signifier session.