Renault Managing Director Cyril Abiteboul has challenged Jolyon Palmer to improve his one-lap pace, in order to contribute to the manufacturer’s points tally in 2017. Palmer has been out-qualified at each event by team-mate Nico Hülkenberg, with the Briton also eliminated in Q1 on five occasions. Palmer started from 15th in Canada, five places behind Hülkenberg, and raced to 11th spot, three positions down on Hülkenberg, who has amassed all of Renault’s 18 points this season. Abiteboul believes that Palmer needs to focus on his one-lap performance in order to stand a stronger chance of adding to Renault’s tally. “Jo had a similar strategy [to...
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