Nico Hulkenberg he is the man of the day. The German made the most of the team’s good position in the pits and their fast track exit strategy to set a good time before the red flag which brought piastre in Q3, the moment when it started to rain. At that time, the man from Haas achieved the 2nd best qualifying time behind polesitter Verstappen and ahead of Alonso. However, the The FIA decided to punish Hülkenberg with 3 positions on the starting grid this Sunday for laps below the minimum time set in the red flag period. He was relegated from 2nd to 5th starting position and gave free positions to Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.
In this way, after Hülkenberg’s sanction, Verstappen will start from pole position followed by Fernando Alonso (2nd), Lewis Hamilton (3rd), George Russell (4th) and Nico Hülkenberg (5th), with Esteban Ocon in 6th position, ahead of Lando Norris (7th).
The punishment of hulkenberg That was just one of the festivals of penalties that took place that afternoon in Canada. They were also penalized three positions Lance Stroll, due to interference Esteban Ocon. Lance went from 13th place to 16th place. The same penalty fell on Yuki Tsunoda to disturb hulkenberg on turn 10 at full ‘quality’. The Japanese were from the 16th to the 19th. And Carlos Sainz also received the same penalty, dropping from 8th to 11th place for bothering Pierre Gasly at the end of Q1, in a very dangerous place, before the last chicane of the track.
THIS IS WHAT THE CANADA GP STARTING GRID SEES
- Max Verstappen
- Fernando Alonso
- Lewis hamilton
- George Russell
- Nico Hülkenberg (had a 3-place ban)
- Esteban Ocon
- Lando Norris
- Oscar Piastri
- alexander albon
- charles leclerc
- Carlos Sainz (there are 3 penalty positions)
- Sergio ‘Checo’ Perez
- Kevin Magnussen
- Valtteri Bottas
- Pierre Gasley
- Lance Stroll (with 3 penalty spots)
- nyck devries
- logan sergeant
- Yuki Tsunoda
- zhou guanyu
Source: La Verdad
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