Jolyon Palmer

Jolyon Palmer

Nation:	United Kingdom
Formula 1 world championship
Start number :	30th
First start:	2016 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	2017 Japanese Grand Prix
Constructors
2016-2017  Renault
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-17. ( 2017 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 35 - - -
World Cup points :	9
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Jolyon Palmer (born January 20, 1991 in Horsham , West Sussex , England ) is a British racing driver . His father is the former Formula 1 driver Jonathan Palmer . From 2011 to 2014 he started in the GP2 series , in which he won the championship in 2014. In 2016 and 2017 he drove for Renault in Formula 1.

Career

Palmer began his motorsport career in 2005 in the T-Cars series , in which racing drivers aged 14 to 17 drove limousines , and finished fifth in the fall championship. In 2006 he started again in T Cars and finished fifth in the championship. After participating in 2007 on two T-cars racing, he chose both the for himself, he moved into Formula racing and competed in the Formula Palmer Audi , a racing series which his father Jonathan Palmer founded. Jolyon Palmer won two races and finished tenth overall. In 2008 he stayed in Formula Palmer Audi and improved to third overall, although he only won one race.

In 2009 , Palmer switched to the newly founded FIA Formula 2 Championship , which was also organized by his father. There he got three points and finished 21st overall. He also competed in eight Formula Palmer Audi races and finished 16th in the overall standings with one win. In 2010 , Palmer stayed in Formula 2. With a win in the opening race at Silverstone , Palmer started the season well. He showed another impressive performance in Monza , where he won both races from pole position . After leading the championship for a long time, he was runner-up behind Dean Stoneman at the end of the season with a total of five wins .

Palmer for Arden at the Monza GP2 race in 2011

In 2011 Palmer moved to Arden International and competed for the team in the GP2 Asia series and in the GP2 series . In the GP2 Asia Series, he finished the season 19th overall, in the GP2 Palmer remained with no points and was 28 in the drivers' standings. After the season he took for the Barwa Addax Team at the GP2 Final in 2011 in part. With third place as the best result, he was fourth in the ranking. He also returned to Formula 2 for a racing weekend , but did not take part in any races. For the GP2 series in 2012 , Palmer switched to iSport International within the GP2 series . At the second race weekend in as-Sachir he scored points in the GP2 series for the first time with a seventh place in the sprint race. After his car stopped with technical problems during the sprint race of the fourth race weekend before the start, the team decided to provide him with a new vehicle for the next event. With the new car, he immediately won the sprint race in Monte Carlo . It was his first GP2 win. With three podium finishes, Palmer finished the season in eleventh place overall and was defeated by his teammate Marcus Ericsson .

Jolyon Palmer at the sprint race of the GP2 series in Spa-Francorchamps 2013

In 2013 , Palmer received a GP2 cockpit from Carlin . On the Hungaroring he achieved his first GP2 main race victory. He repeated this result in Singapore , where he managed to get another victory in the main race starting from pole position. Although his team-mate Felipe Nasr , unlike him, did not win a race, he beat Palmer within the team with 154 to 119 points, Palmer finished the season in seventh place in the drivers' standings. In 2014 , Palmer switched to DAMS within the GP2 series . At the first race weekend in as-Sachir , Palmer achieved a sprint victory after finishing third in the main race. This was followed by two second places in Barcelona . After winning the main race at the next race in Monte Carlo , he went five events without a win before winning the sprint race in Monza . At the following race weekend in Sochi , Palmer won the main race and thus won the championship prematurely. Palmer finished on the podium in 12 of 22 races and only failed to score twice. With 276 to 229 points he was ahead of Stoffel Vandoorne at the end of the season . Within the team, he clearly prevailed against Stéphane Richelmi , who had scored 73 points.

Jolyon Palmer in Renault (2016)

In 2015 , Palmer was a Formula 1 test driver at Lotus . In this function he took part in some free practice sessions at the Formula 1 Grand Prix. In 2016 , Palmer stayed with the racing team, which has since been taken over by Renault and renamed Renault Sport F1 Team , and received a regular cockpit. He chose # 30 as the Formula 1 start number. He replaced Romain Grosjean , who had moved to Haas . He was eleventh on his debut in Australia . At the Malaysian Grand Prix , Palmer scored a point in Formula 1 for the first time in tenth. Internally, he was defeated by Kevin Magnussen by one to seven points and was 18th in the drivers' standings.

In the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship , Palmer got a new team-mate at Renault in Nico Hülkenberg . At the Singapore Grand Prix , he achieved sixth place, his best Formula 1 position to date. After the race in Japan , Palmer lost his cockpit to Carlos Sainz Jr. He finished 17th overall at the end of the season.

statistics

Career stations

2005: T-Cars Autumn Championship (5th place) 2006: T Cars (5th place) 2007: T Cars (11th place) 2007: Formula Palmer Audi (10th place) 2008: Formula Palmer Audi (3rd place) 2008: Formula Palmer Audi, autumn series (3rd place)

2009 : Formula 2 (21st place) 2009: Formula Palmer Audi (16th place) 2010 : Formula 2 (2nd place) 2011 : GP2 Asia Series (19th place) 2011 : GP2 series (28th place) 2012 : GP2 series (11th place)

2013 : GP2 series (7th place) 2014 : GP2 series (champions) 2014 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2015 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2016 : Formula 1 (18th place) 2017 : Formula 1 (17th place)

Individual results in the GP2 Asia series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	Points	rank
2011	Arden International	UAE		ITA		0	19th
		14th	10	18th	DNF

Individual results in the GP2 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
2011	Arden International	DOOR		ESP		MON		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA								0	28.
		17th	9	18th	17th	NC	11	9	DNF	20th	16	19th	DNF	22nd	18 *	DNF	14th	DNF	19th
2012	iSport International	MAS		BRN		BRN		ESP		MON		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		78	11.
		17th	12	DNS	7th	24 *	22nd	9	DNS	6th	1	DNF	DNF	3	5	18th	18th	6th	5	DNF	10	7th	3	DNF	DNF
2013	Carlin	MAS		BRN		ESP		MON		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		UAE				119	7th
		6th	9	5	6th	10	4th	DNF	12	6th	DNF	24	11	1	12	15th	6th	DNF	10	1	17th	2	DNF
2014	DAMS	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE				276	1.
		3	1	2	2	1	7th	5	6th	2	4th	3	6th	4th	2	6th	3	8th	1	1	10	2	DNF

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

Status: end of season 2017

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
2016	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault RS16	Renault 1.6 V6 Turbo	20th	-	-	-	-	-	1	18th
2017	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault RS17	Renault 1.6 V6 Turbo	15th	-	-	-	-	-	8th	17th
total				35	-	-	-	-	-	9

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
2016
	11	DNS	22nd	13	13	DNF	DNF	15th	12	DNF	12	19th	15th	DNF	15th	10	12	13	14th	DNF	17th
2017
	DNF	13	13	DNF	15th	11	11	DNF	11	DNS	13	13	DNF	6th	15th	12

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Jolyon Palmer  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Career Stats Jolyon Palmer (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ “Jolyon Palmer joins Addax for Yas Marina GP2 races” (autosport.com on November 3, 2011)
2. ^ Matt Beer: "Jolyon Palmer to make one-off Formula 2 return at the Nurburgring". autosport.com, June 30, 2011, accessed December 6, 2012 . 
3. ↑ “Jolyon Palmer to switch to iSport for 2012 GP2 campaign” (autosport.com on December 23, 2011)
4. ↑ Frederik Hackbarth: "GP2 - Palmer gets a new car". iSport has to give up problem hunting. Motorsport-Magazin.com, May 14, 2012, accessed May 18, 2012 . 
5. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: “Palmer and Nasr 2013 for Carlin at the start”. Motorsport-Total.com, December 11, 2012, accessed January 1, 2013 . 
6. ↑ Philipp Schajer: "GP2 - Palmer changes to DAMS". Richelmi stays. Motorsport-Magazin.com, November 29, 2013, accessed November 29, 2013 . 
7. ↑ Norman Fischer: Birthday present Formula 1: Palmer becomes Lotus test pilot. Motorsport-Total.com, January 20, 2015, accessed January 20, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Lawrence Barretto: Renault launches its 2016 Formula 1 car, the RS16. autosport.com, February 3, 2016, accessed February 3, 2016 . 
9. ^ Mathias Brunner: Lotus 2016 with Jolyon Palmer next to Maldonado. October 24, 2015, accessed October 24, 2015 . 
10. ↑ Ian Parkes: Jolyon Palmer to stay with Renault for F1 2017 season. autosport.com, November 9, 2016, accessed November 9, 2016 .