Palmer gets new chassis for Canada after Monaco shunt
Renault has confirmed that Jolyon Palmer will have a new chassis for the Canadian Grand Prix next weekend after his old one was damaged in his Monaco crash.
Jolyon Palmer, Renault Sport F1 Team RS16 crashes out of the race
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Palmer was an early casualty of the Monte Carlo race, losing control of his RS16 over a zebra crossing under acceleration on Lap 8 and spearing into the wall along the start/finish straight.
The car finally came to rest at Ste-Devote after continuing at near-unabated speed and making a secondary impact with the barriers there.
While Palmer was unhurt, the monocoque sustained major front-end damage that means it will have to be replaced for the next race in Canada.
"Jolyon’s incident means we will use a new chassis for Montreal,” said Renault technical director Nick Chester.
“The car hit the barriers quite hard at an oblique angle, which damaged the front of the chassis and since we have a new chassis available it makes sense to introduce it.
“Fortunately, [the new chassis] was pretty far along on its build so we only needed to complete fuel cell installation and wiring for it to be ready for Canada.”
Bruised feet
Palmer also revealed he sustained bruised feet in the incident that marked the first DNF of his Grand Prix career.
“We went over the data and it looks like it was the lower grip as I crossed the white lines of the zebra crossing, which meant my wheels span as I pushed to accelerate,” said the Briton.
“The car was pitched sideways and I collected the barriers. It was just the wrong place at the wrong time.
"I had a bit of bruising on my feet so it was just my ego and the car that had to suffer.”
Palmer will have the new specification of Renault engine available to him in Canada, having missed out on the sole available unit in Monaco to teammate Kevin Magnussen.
The Dane also retired after getting involved in a collision with a lapped Daniil Kvyat at La Rascasse, Magnussen accusing the Russian of “losing his mind” in the incident.
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