BREAKING - Stewards issue verdict over Red Bull candidate in Canada

00:50, 15 Jun

Updated: 01:18, 15 Jun

byTobia Elia

The stewards have announced their verdict regarding Isack Hadjar’s impeding of Carlos Sainz during qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix.

As widely expected, the French driver has received a three-place grid penalty for impeding the Spaniard in his final attempt in Q1, which led to his early elimination.

This means the Racing Bulls driver will start from the twelfth position in today's race.

''The Stewards heard from the driver of Car 6 (Isack Hadjar), the driver of Car 55 (Carlos Sainz), team representatives and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, timing, team radio and in-car video evidence'', the official document states.

''Car 6 was on an in-lap and was caught by Car 55, on a push lap, at the entry to turn 6. Although Car 6 attempted to move off the racing line to leave space for Car 55, the move was too late. The driver of Car 6 agreed that Car 55 was impeded''.

''He explained that he had earlier been told by his team that Car 55 was approaching on a push lap but the team then told him that Car 55 had abandoned the lap. He said that although he saw Car 55 in his mirrors, he relied upon what he had been told by his team and when he realised the information was wrong he did his best to move out of the way''.

''The standard penalty for this infringement during Qualifying in the Penalty Guidelines is a 3 grid position penalty regardless of whether the incident was the fault of the driver or the team''.