The German did a brilliant job to qualify second in Montreal, helped by a red flag preventing any late quicker laps for rivals.
However, he then lost three places for going too quickly on his lap back to the pits after the session was stopped.
He ran fifth in the opening stages of the race and had lost a couple of spots when he made an early pit visit on lap 11 – just before the safety car emerged and gave cheap stops to much of the field. He eventually finished 15th.
“It definitely didn’t help, that’s for sure,” said Hulkenberg when asked by Motorsport.com about …