GP2: Haryanto loses front row slot

Caterham driver Rio Haryanto has lost his front-row start for the Monaco GP2 feature race after being hit with a blocking penalty post-qualifying.

Haryanto had topped the group B session in Monte Carlo's split qualifying format, earning him second on the grid alongside polesitter Jolyon Palmer, who set the pace in the faster group A session. But Haryanto was adjudged to have blocked Stephane Richelmi at the Rascasse and has been given a three-place penalty as a result, dropping him to fifth.

That moves Russian Time driver Mitch Evans onto the front row, with Richelmi and Johnny Cecotto Jr. third and fourth.

Haryanto was one of four drivers given three-place impeding penalties, along with Williams Formula 1 test driver Felipe Nasr, and Daniel Abt and Facu Regalia, who race for the Force India F1 team-affiliated Hilmer squad.

Abt had been the highest-placed of this trio, having originally qualified seventh before being found guilty of delaying Cecotto at the chicane.

Cecotto was also the victim in Carlin man Nasr's incident, which took place at the Anthony Noghes corner. Nasr had only qualified 15th, having crashed in free practice.

Regalia was 20th prior to his penalty for impeding Sergio Canamasas at the Swimming Pool chicane.

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