In the aftermath of Frederic Vasseur’s departure from Renault, driver Jolyon Palmer believes that the team management is still strong and looks forward to his second season in Formula 1 after a tough rookie year.
Palmer told Sky Sports, “The team’s in a very healthy place. Fred left, which was a shame, but we’ve still got Cyril [Abiteboul], Jerome Stroll as well, so these guys have run Formula 1 teams and been very senior in Renault.”
“We’re still in very good hands and in a way things are maybe a little bit simpler now. The feeling in the team is this is a year where we can actually do something. Last year we had our hands tied a little bit from the problems with Lotus, this year it’s a proper Renault stamp on everything.”
“We’ve still got some great people in the team, people who have won races and even won championships with Renault before, so everyone is super excited to get going and see if we can get back towards that.”
Palmer scored only one point is his rookie season which he admitted was “harder than I could have imagined” and did enough to keep his seat with Renault thanks to a strong showing in the latter half of the season.
Looking forward the 26 year old said, “I’m with a manufacturer team, a team that I believe is going places, and even if I didn’t show last year I’m sure that the results will come. I’m in a much better position stood here now and I’m looking forward to 2017.”
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