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Isack Hadjar handed Canadian GP penalty blow after wrong ‘abandoned’ advice
Isack Hadjar was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Carlos Sainz in the Canadian Grand Prix qualifying session at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.
Sainz, driving for Williams, was hindered by Hadjar while pushing for a better lap time to advance to Q2, causing frustration for the Spanish driver.
Despite missing out on progress by a mere 0.020s, Sainz was unable to make up for lost time, while Hadjar qualified ninth before being penalized and dropping to 12th.
The stewards’ report stated that Hadjar tried to make room for Sainz but was too late in doing so, leading to the agreed-upon impeding of the latter.
According to the penalty guidelines, a three-grid-position penalty was deemed appropriate for the incident, regardless of whether it was the driver or the team’s fault.
