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Jolyon Palmer has said that he will be targeting points in this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix after a disastrous opening two rounds in Melbourne and Shanghai. The Brit retired in Australia and finished in thirteenth in China, and still only holds one point to his name after claiming tenth at last year's Malaysian Grand Prix.
"I quite like the track and I have won there in the past so that definitely spurs me on after a couple of Grands Prix which have fallen short of expectations. I’ll jump in the car on Friday and be working with my crew to get the maximum possible from each session then we absolutely are targeting points from the race as we’ve seen the potential of the car; all I need is a clean weekend."
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Palmer says that ever changing track conditions make the circuit tricky, as the race weekend starts off with sand laid across the track due to high winds blowing it onto the surface.
"There is a lot of track evolution as it is very sandy at the start of the weekend, and then the track gets more and more rubber down, so conditions change a lot. The weather is almost always sunny, but it can be quite windy, which can blow sand onto the track.
"The fact it’s a night race is pretty interesting. In terms of set-up, practice 1 and 3 are hard as they are a lot hotter than the race but there is a lot we can do in procedural terms, such as aero tests, and understanding this generation of car at this track."
When asked if he expects this weekend will be different from last time out in China, he responded yes, mainly due to the fact that there is an almost surety that there will be no rain. The Friday practice sessions saw 20 minutes of running in Shanghai due to poor weather.
"In many ways yes, especially with the weather! I’ll be very surprised if we have to fit the Wet or Intermediate tyres this weekend. With dry conditions, there’s less chance of difficult circumstances like we saw in Shanghai so everything should be in our favour for a more straightforward race weekend and that’s what we need to get some points down."
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