Renault Sport Formula One Team completed its Silverstone test with Jolyon Palmer at the wheel for 98 laps. 

The British driver’s fastest lap of the day was a 1:33.308 and the 25-year-old concluded the team’s testing programme successfully.

A fire on the final lap marked the end of the day. 

Jolyon Palmer: “We have been working on making the car quicker, that’s the main focus! We had some big suspension updates that we were trying today, with a change planned during the lunch hour as it was quite a long alteration. We also worked on the aerodynamics; it’s quite a busy test programme with a lot of different parts to try. The weather was challenging, we needed it to stay dry all day to be able to complete a real back-to-back comparison for the suspension. Thankfully it held most of the day and I felt quite good in the car throughout, which is always encouraging.”

Nick Chester, Technical Director: “Today went pretty well; we had a fairly packed programme after losing some time yesterday thanks to the weather but we got everything done. We had a varied range of things to test, suspension, aero, brakes and more, some of which we may see on the car in a few races’ time. Overall we are satisfied with how the day went. The final lap saw a small fire emerge from the car, the cause of which we are currently looking into.”