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Palmer says Q1 exit down to “awful” car
Renault’s Jolyon Palmer has slated his car after a disastrous performance which resulted in him qualifying on the back row for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Following his crash in second practice on Friday, Palmer was only 19th in FP3 this morning in his rebuilt car. But his qualifying performance was even worse, not helped by a fuel system problem on his first run. His 1m28.244s was over a second off the next-slowest car, the Williams of Lance Stroll. “We had a fuel surge on the first run, so I didn’t do a lap,” said Palmer. “My second lap was the first of the weekend on ultrasoft and to be honest the car was awful. “Yesterday the car was feeling good before I...
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