 Palmer akarekodha mugumisiro wake wakanakisisa kubvira mumwaka wokutanga weAustralia Grand Prix paakauya kumba ari wechi 12 muAustriapamberi pokukwikwidza mumakwikwi ake okutanga epamba paSilverstone. Izvozvo zvakaguma nekunyadziswa sezvo akatambura nechinetso chebhokisi rekushandura iro rakatungamirira kumudyandigere wake pamutambo 38, asi akabudisa basa rakanaka rekutyaira nguva inotevera kunze muHungarian Grand Prix sezvaakashaya zvishoma pane imwe nguva yekupedzisira muFormula 1, kupedza 12th. Kurwisana kwedenderedzwa rokutanga kwakagumisa muGermany Grand Prix yake asati atungamirira Renault kurwisa kuSpa-Francorchamps muBelgian Grand Prix, achiuya kumba mu15. Mujaho mukuru weItaly waPalmer wakapera nguva isati yakwana sezvo akatungamira zvakare mugadziri weFrance, sezvo Felipe Nasr weSauber akarova Brit uye pakupedzisira akamanikidza kuti arege kubva mujaho nekuda kwekuchengetedza. 