Few would have put money on Jolyon Palmer retaining his seat with Renault beyond 2016, but the likable and quiet spoken Englishman defied the odds by delivering a second half of the season performance that obviously impressed his bosses. He will line-up for a second year with the French team, alongside highly rated Nico Hulkenberg who joins the team as former driver Kevin Magnussen moves on to Haas for 2017. Palmer is the first to admit that being retained by Renault is a special, 'What’s happened is a dream, really. For Lotus to become Renault, and for that to mean my first F1 year was with a manufacturer team is just fantastic. Then to be told I’m getting a shot at the future, well,...
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