Lewis Hamilton of Mercerdes and Alpine's Esteban Ocon will start the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from the pit lane after taking multiple new power unit elements following qualifying, breaching their allowances for the season.
Aston Martin called Alono a "special talent", adding that it was very excited to "bring Fernando's incredible experience and brilliant pace and racecraft to the team".
More than 500 firefighters were battling the blaze in Sonoma County, but their overnight efforts could only focus on evacuations and the high winds made the fire difficult to contain.
