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Race seat with Manor 'was a big risk' - Palmer
Jolyon Palmer opted for the reserve seat at Lotus rather than hoping talks with the former Marussia team bore fruit for 2015. Twenty-four year-old Briton Palmer, whose father Jonathan was also a F1 driver, won the GP2 title last year and had hoped it would be his ticket to a race seat. Instead, he has signed to be Lotus' reserve driver this year, including some winter testing and the promise of some Friday practice outings. But his dream of actually racing in F1 might have come true in 2015, if he had kept up talks with the team formerly known as Marussia. I don't want to be in Formula One at the back really, I want to be in it with the best opportunity possible, so I'm here. Jolyon Palmer...
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