Fernando Alonso says a stress moment at McLaren caused the tyre mix-up which ultimately led to him qualifying 14th on the grid for Sundays Austrian Grand Prix.Both McLarens made it into Q2, with Jenson Button going on to record his first Q3 appearance since the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as he qualified fifth -- the highest position a McLaren driver has achieved since the team returned to Honda power in 2015.Alonso meanwhile was left to rue a mistake which meant he was unable to challenge for a place in the final part of qualifying.We had the threat of rain so we tried to do a quick run in Q2. Unfortunately when we took the blankets off the tyres were not the new tyres, it was the old tyres from Q1, Alonso explained. That was a surprise for the whole team and then when we put the new tyres on we had some yellow flags and we aborted the lap, so it was not a smooth qualifying.We were in a hurry from Q1 and it was a stress moment with the rain threat. It is some races now that we are doing the small mistakes, we are not in a position -- lets say we are not very competitive -- so if we dont execute the races well it becomes even more difficult. The race is tomorrow and hopefully we can recover.Button will start third after gearbox penalties for both Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg are applied. Alonso says he feels confident that he would have been able to join his teammate in Q3 had the error not occurred.I think so. Obviously it was tough but with Perez out, Sainz out, we have to beat only the two Haas [drivers], so I think it was very possible but we didnt execute qualifying good enough.Definitely we need some mixed conditions if we want to recover from P14 so lets wait and see. Tracy Mcgrady Jersey . The incident occurred at 19:56 of the second period of the Kings 4-2 road win over Edmonton on Sunday. Nolan punched Oilers forward Jesse Joensuu in the jaw in front of the Kings goal during a scrum. Norman Powell Jersey . 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Born and raised in Toronto, Bradwell is entering his sixth CFL season, with all six played for his hometown Argonauts.Dundee United boss Mixu Paatelainen has received a boost ahead of Saturdays Scottish Cup semi-final against Hibernian at Hampden Park - live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 12pm - after captain Paul Paton was passed fit. The Northern Ireland international midfielder was struggling with a recurrence of his earlier knee problem but has been cleared to face the Championship side.Paton was sidelined for nine months after suffering his previous knee injury but has impressed since his return to action in January. Paatelainen said: Paul has been magnificent for us, hes a leader not only by his actions and his performances. His crunching tackles are vitally important for us, we are delighted that Paul is fit and available to play.One man who will miss the trip to Glasgow is defender Gavin Gunning, who was released by Paatelainen earlier this week following his bizarre exit from the game against Inverness, while fellow centre-back Mark Durnan is suspended. Dundee United Mixu Paatelainen says his side must be positive on Saturday Hibernian boss Alan Stubbs, whose side have won only two of their last 11 matches, faces a goalkeeping dilemma and will have to decide between Otso Virtanen and Conrad Logan as first-choice Mark Oxley is suspended, along with forward James Keatings.Hibs romped to 3-0 win over United in a League Cup quarter-final tie at Easter Road in November. Hibs manager Alan Stubbs says his side are desperate to win their Scottish Cup semi-final against Dundee United Jason Cummings was on target for Hibees that day and he believes the defeat will preoccupy the Taysiders minds at the national stadium.ddddddddddddThe 20-year-old said: They have been struggling a bit this season and have lost the majority of games they have played and we have won the majority of games we have played so I think that will come into play a wee bit. Jason Cummings has been in fine goalscoring form for Hibs this season And I think it will be in the back of their minds, the fact that we have already beaten them 3-0.That night we were different class and we battered them off the pitch. It was a comfortable 3-0 and it could have been more. Luke Shanley reports from Hampden Park, where the pitch has been relaid ahead of the Scottish Cup semi-finals I think that is massive for us, the fact that we have already beaten them and beaten them comfortably. The boys will go into Saturday knowing we can do it again and I am buzzing for it.Watch Hibernian v Dundee United in the Scottish Cup semi-finals live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 12pm on Saturday. ' ' '