Renault
Jolyon Palmer (10th, 1:26.189, 42 laps)
"The positives from today are immediately apparent. We were able to run a good programme in the morning, covering a lot of what we wanted to do. The car feels good and forgiving and provides a great baseline for us to work forwards. Unfortunately we did stop running early in the afternoon, but my overall analysis of today is most certainly positive."
Remi Taffin, engine technical director
“After steps overnight from both factories to work around yesterday’s software issues, we ran a positive programme this morning where we were able to collect data on the chassis and power unit side. In the afternoon we experienced an early power unit component failure which ended our running. We were able to diagnose the issue easily as it was an area we knew there could be a weakness and we will have a solution in hand.”
