Palmer chasing first points finish

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Jolyon Palmer is confident of bouncing back from his costly spin at the Hungarian Grand Prix by cracking the top 10 for the first time in his career on Sunday.

Palmer, the 25-year-old British rookie, was set to open his points-scoring account in Formula One before he spun from 10th place at the Hungaroring with only 21 laps remaining.

But earlier this week, Renault’s team principal Fred Vasseur gave his backing to Palmer despite his spin costing the team only their second finish in the top 10 this season.

“It was frustrating, and on Sunday evening I was very disappointed, but the reaction of the team was very good,” Palmer said.

“Sure, I made a mistake which was quite costly because I was in a top-10 position, but I finished 12th which is my second best result, and I still finished ahead of my team-mate.

“The whole weekend I hadn’t put a foot wrong apart from that mistake but it shows the potential and what I can do. Budapest should carry over …

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