Renault will give Jolyon Palmer a new chassis for next weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, following his high-speed crash in Monaco.
This is the second time Palmer has been given a new chassis this season. The 2014 GP2 champion was given a new chassis in Spain after struggling in the early part of the season.
Palmer crashed in the early part of last weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, hitting the barriers hard at Sainte Devote.
Fortunately for Palmer, his new chassis was well on its way through production meaning it will be ready for next weekend’s race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve where he will debut the new Renault engine after the new unit was given to teammate Kevin Magnussen in Monaco.
“Jolyon’s incident means we will use a new chassis – R.S.16-04 – 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, 04 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.”
