Jolyon Palmer made no secret of his disappointment after losing yet more tracktime in the Renault R.S.16 on day two of pre-season testing in Barcelona.
A software issue limited Palmer to just 37 laps on the first day of testing, and he could only manage a further 42 on Tuesday as a power unit failure brought his running to an early end.
Palmer came to a halt out on track in the first hour of the afternoon session due to the problem, prompting the Renault team to completely change the power unit on his car.
The Briton felt disappointed to have lost yet more mileage to an issue, and is now left with just two more days of running before making his grand prix debut in Australia.
"There are positives I think from today," Palmer said. "We at least had the car running to some sort of baseline setup work, get an understanding for it after yesterday, which was a bigger I think.
"At least we did some laps, some more relevant laps, but 79 laps is not ideal for half my pre-season testing so I need a lot more next week.
"Today, to be honest we were getting through what we wanted to quite well. So we didn’t really have any issues, and then suddenly we had a big one. I think today was all going quite well really and then it’s all come to a bit of a sudden stop which is a shame. But the good thing is hopefully we can fix it and give Kevin some laps for the next two days."
Palmer is pleased with what he felt on the new Renault car during his time on track, believing it to be a good baseline to move forward with.
"The early feeling is positive. It’s as we expected really in terms of the concept, there’s nothing surprising or strange in the mix which is a good start," Palmer said.
"We’ve just done baseline running, but I feel like we’re in quite a solid starting point, and we’ve definitely got room and I can see where we can find some performance."
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