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Will Palmer back in action at Paul Ricard this weekend

After a three-week break, Will Palmer is back in racing action this weekend (27/28 August) as he takes to the Circuit Paul Ricard in France for the fifth round of the 2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season.
 
The 19-year-old is combining campaigns in both the Eurocup and Northern European Cup Formula Renault categories this year and returns to Eurocup duties for the first time since 16/17 July, when he competed in the last round at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. The 2015 BRDC F4 Champion showed impressive speed throughout that weekend on the demanding and undulating track, qualifying in fourth place before a cruel mechanical issue halted his charge in race one. However, Will bounced back in the second and final race of the meeting to claim a strong sixth-place result, finishing as the runner-up in the rookie class.

Since then, Will has been racing in the Northern European Cup championship where he endured a difficult weekend at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, with a change of chassis forcing him to miss the first race before an opening lap crash put paid to the second encounter. The 2015 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winner enjoyed a more successful weekend next time out at Assen in the Netherlands however, claiming a best result of sixth on the high-speed layout. 

Will currently sits comfortably inside the top-10 in the Eurocup and Northern European Cup standings as he occupies ninth spot in both championships.  

Will said: "I'm looking forward to getting back in action at Paul Ricard for the Eurocup. We've been showing some good pace recently and testing went well here in pre-season, so I am confident that we can be fighting towards the front again and target some top-five finishes to move up the championship order."

This weekend's action at the Circuit Paul Ricard in France gets underway with two free practice sessions on Friday before qualifying takes place at 10:30 (09:30 BST) on Saturday. Race one follows the same day at 12:50 (11:50 BST) with qualifying for the second race of the weekend on Sunday morning at 08:20 (07:20 BST), with lights out to start that encounter at 11:05 (10:05 BST). 

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