The German Nico Hülkenberg (Haas); who was going to start second this Sunday at the Canadian Grand Prix, the eighth of the Formula One World Cup, has been penalized with the loss of three places on the grid, so it will be the Spanish Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) who will start this Sunday from that position in Montreal.
Hülkenberg, who had finished second in the difficult qualifying in the rain, was penalized for having committed an irregularity during the period in which the red flag was waving, so the German will start fifth this Sunday, in a race that the Dutchman Max Verstappen ( Red Bull) will face from ‘pole’.
The penalty for the German driver means that, in addition to the double world champion from Asturias, the two Englishmen from Mercedes also advance one place on the grid: the seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, who will start -third and fourth- from the second row this Sunday at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.
