Renault's Jolyon Palmer put in a remarkable drive at Sepang on Sunday to finally collect his long waited first championship point.
Palmer's P10 in Malaysia combined consistency with an efficient two-stop Hard/Soft strategy from the Renault pitwall, enabling the Brit to achieve what he missed out on when he wasted a 10th place finish in Hungary earlier in the summer.
"I'm really happy, especially after yesterday," he explained after the race.
"I was feeling strong all weekend; I'm happy with how I've been driving recently, but I messed it up a bit yesterday and today I pulled it back – the perfect race from my side.
"The team did a good job on the strategy, we kept the tyres alive, we beat some quicker cars and did everything we could I think."
Although Palmer evidently benefited from a few retirements up the road, nobody will dispute the fact that he was himself overdue for a bit of good fortune.
"I got a little bit of luck with Lewis [Hamilton retiring with an engine failure], and someone else dropping out, but I think we're overdue it.
"So many times we were close, there was something going against us, but this time I was feeling good in the car, the set-up was nice, the strategy was good, I was driving well, and we got a break this time, which was nice."
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