Jolyon Palmer will get another chance to drive for Lotus next weekend after being confirmed for FP1 at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Lotus handed Palmer his Friday practice debut in China yesterday, with the 2014 GP2 champion impressing as he finished the session 0.6s slower than Pastor Maldonado in the other car. Speaking on Friday afternoon, Palmer said he was likely to drive again at Sakhir next weekend.

"I should be in for Bahrain," Palmer said. "We'll see, we're just waiting for it to be confirmed.

"It's perfect for me to come here. This was always going to be a tough one because I didn't know the track and still fairly fresh to the car. At least Bahrain is only a week away, so it keeps me in the groove in the car, and it's a track I know. I'm hoping for improvement obviously."

And the Briton later tweeted confirmation of his second FP2 run:

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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