SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium -- After scaling the world's second tallest mountain, Jolyon Palmer is ready to fight to save his Formula One career in the remaining races of 2017.
Palmer entered F1's summer break with questions circulating about his future at Renault and in Formula One, having failed to score a point in the opening 11 races of the year. Renault's decision to hand Robert Kubica one of the post-Hungarian Grand Prix test days only increased the uncertainty over Palmer's position, with rumours he could be replaced ahead of this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix.
That demotion never materialised but Palmer's results are likely to come under heavy scrutiny in the remaining nine races of the campaign.