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Palmer has yet to register a single point this year after eight races.

And his season went from bad to worse in Azerbaijan when his Renault broke down in practice, qualifying and on race day forcing him to end his Sunday after seven laps.

"There's nothing I can do about it,” he said.

"Obviously the pressure's on, it's not been a good start to the season.

"When you miss a practice, you miss a qualifying, and you barely do the race, it can't get worse than this.

"I've said this a few times this year, but I'm really confident and hopeful that this will be the end of our bad luck now, get to Austria, get some points, get some good results on the board."

Palmer’s best results this season came in Canada and Monaco where he finished in 11th.

He’s been forced to retire on three occasions: in Australia, Russia and Baku.