Jolyon Palmer: 'career-killer' teammates + a sudden F1 exit

F1: Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Just 19 months after making his debut with Renault, Jolyon Palmer lost his seat with four races of the 2017 season still remaining and his Formula 1 career was over.

So where did it all go wrong for the 2014 GP2 champion?

Speaking to Tom Clarkson, Palmer dissects all the ups and downs of his year and a half on the grid. He talks about facing unique challenges to prove his worth on track, why he describes former teammate Nico Hulkenberg as a ‘career-killer’, when he stopped enjoying racing and the controversial way in which he found out he was being replaced by Carlos Sainz.

Jolyon also shares his thoughts on the current crop of F1 drivers and what he enjoys about being a commentator on F1TV.

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0:00.0	A Formula One driver's teammates is their biggest rival.
0:07.0	Balia to beat them in the same car can be career defining.
0:11.0	If you're up against the most overrated driver on the field, you're going to be flying,
0:15.0	you're going to become a legend.
0:16.0	Whereas if you're up against one of the most underrated drivers in the field, you're in jeopardy.
0:20.0	Nika Algenberg is a tough teammate to be up against. Had someone not employed such a fast driver alongside me,
0:27.0	maybe everything would have gone differently.
0:30.0	Competing against a much more experienced Nico Holkenberg in 2017, Jolion Palmer knew he
0:36.1	faced an uphill battle to stay in F1 the following season.
0:40.1	But that didn't make the manner of his Renault exit any easier.
0:44.0	My brother sent me messages like, oh, have you seen this?
0:47.0	It was Autosport, Sights to replace Palmer.
0:50.0	I was like, what?
0:51.0	Genuinely, that was the first I heard.
0:52.0	I'm at home, and I clicked on it. I was reading you know my own downfall on on Autosport.
0:57.0	Hello and
1:03.0	welcome to F1 Beyond the Grid with me Tom Clarkson.
1:07.3	In 2014 Jolion Palmer became the first British driver
1:11.8	to win the GP2 title since Lewis Hamilton.
1:15.0	He set what was then a record for the most points scored in a GP2 season,
1:19.0	and he arrived in Formula One two years later, full of hope and expectation.
1:24.7	After a promising rookie season with Renault, Palmer's second year in F1 didn't go to plan.
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