News Details

Palmer's backing ‘not big' compared to others

Although Jolyon Palmer did have to put some money down for his Lotus seat, he reckons it as not a lot compared to other drivers. This season saw the 2014 GP2 Champion take the role of Lotus' test and reserve driver while included a run of Friday practice sessions. However for each of those, will amount to 13 by the end of this season, Palmer reportedly paid around £250,000 per session. Impressing Lotus during those runs, the 24-year-old will step up into a race-seat for 2016. And it hasn't cost him much more than what he's already being paying. 'Well not really, no,' he told F1i.com when asked if he had to find more backing to clinch the race-seat. 'It's obviously a thing in F1 now...
Full Story »
10y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Palmer backing modest compared to other drivers

 XPB Images Jolyon Palmer says the amount of money he is...
10y ago from F1i.com

Booth compares Manor fight to Mercedes

– Manor Marussia team boss John Booth compared his drivers' battle...
10y ago from GPUpdate.net

Red Bull waiting on Renault to sign off unbranded...

Red Bull's lack of an engine could soon be resolved with reports...
10y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Magnussen was in line for Haas seat

Gene Haas has admitted that Kevin Magnussen was next in line had Romain...
10y ago from Pitpass.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Can Aprilia dethrone Ducati in the 2026 MotoGP title...

The conclusion of the 2025 MotoGP season saw an unprecedented level of...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Long Beach to bring in new leadership for iconic event

Organizers of the annual Grand Prix of Long Beach event have announced...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Pato O’Ward joined by F2 champion in McLaren F1...

McLaren has announced its driver development program lineup for 2026,...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Here we go: Arsenal & Liverpool transfer target...

Manchester City reportedly look to be closing in on the £20m transfer of...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Sources: 'Arsenal have been in his ear…' –...

Arsenal have approached Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi about a free...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

“That’s what he has to try” - Mikel Arteta sends...

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has told Viktor Gyökeres to be ‘really good...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Chelsea rival Arsenal & Man Utd for 30m wonderkid...

Chelsea are ready to rival the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United for...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.