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Renault investigating Palmer's testing fire

Renault are still investigating the cause of the fire that broke out on Jolyon Palmer's final in-lap at the conclusion of the post-British GP test. The Brit, who had been putting in the laps at the Silverstone circuit on the second and final day of the test, had smoky end to his day as his RS16 caught fire. The exact cause of the fire, though, has yet be established. 'It looks to be the result of a hydraulic leak and we're naturally investigating what happened,' team boss Fred Vasseur said. 'The fortunate thing is that the fire happened on the final in-lap of the day so we were able to complete all we could for that day. 'There was no issue for Jo and the fire was soon extinguished.' As...
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