Renault Sport F1 Team driver Jolyon Palmer is optimistic ahead of tomorrow's Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang circuit, for which he qualified in 12th place with a time of 1:32.100s.

Jolyon Palmer, #30, R.S.17-03
Qualifying: P12, 1:32.100
Free practice 3: P17, 1:34.475, 10 laps

Jolyon said: “I’m a bit disappointed not to finish in the top 10 because we had good pace but in the end, we just missed out. We will start twelfth tomorrow and I hope to move forward, we only have to gain two places to get in the points. Anything can happen in the first few corners here so we should make it.”