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Palmer deserves "world class" drive, says Renault

The Renault Formula 1 team believes ousted driver Jolyon Palmer "deserves to be in a world class championship" despite losing his F1 seat to Carlos Sainz. Palmer was promoted to an F1 race seat after Renault's takeover of Lotus at the end of 2015 and signed a one-year contract extension at the end of '16, but suffered poor reliability in '17 and struggled to match teammate Nico Hulkenberg. Palmer scored only one point, in Singapore, and lost his drive to Sainz with four races to go – a decision Palmer revealed he found out by reading about it on Autosport. Renault said it was committed to helping Palmer find an alternative drive in motorsport, but the British driver has yet to...
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