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Palmer: Driving my own car will make a difference

Ahead of his first season in F1, Jolyon Palmer reckons having his own car rather than driving a team-mate's will allow him to close the gap to Pastor Maldonado. Last year Palmer spent the majority of Friday's first practices putting in the laps as he replaced Romain Grosjean for those sessions at Lotus. His efforts earned him a race-seat for this year's championship where he will partner Maldonado. But while in 2015 where he spent most FP1s trailing the Venezuelan driver, Palmer feels having a set car up just for himself this season will allow him to close up on his team-mate. 'Yeah I think it definitely makes a difference,' he told F1i.com. 'With the way the cars are now at the moment...
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