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Software issues cause "painful" first day for Renault

Renault driver Jolyon Palmer has rued software issues that saw him log just 37 laps on the opening day of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Barcelona. Palmer, who will be making his F1 race debut in Melbourne, finished the day last in the RS-16, almost four and a half seconds off pacesetter Sebastian Vettel - and with only Haas F1 Team's Romain Grosjean recording fewer laps. "Disappointing first day, it's been challenging," Palmer said. "[It was] usual first-day issues, but we definitely would have liked to get more laps under our belt. "It's painful - they've already cut down from 12 days to eight days and now I've only gotten 37 laps out of one. It's not ideal. "I...
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