Renault's Jolyon Palmer says he is 'very happy' with his performance on Saturday in Belgium after he sailed through to Q3 with ease, despite reliability issues striking him in the final session, forcing him to pull off track with smoke billowing from his R.S.17. The Briton has been under pressure to deliver after a miserable start to the season which sees him on zero points compared to team-mate Nico Hulkenberg's 26. Things looked to have turned around this weekend as he was quicker than Hulkenberg in both Q1 and Q2, the latter of which he posted the seventh quickest time to easily make the Q3 cut, before problems struck in that session, pushing him down to tenth by default as he...
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