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Grosjean not happy sitting out FP1 for Palmer is unfair

Lotus driver Romain Grosjean says continually sitting out free practice sessions in 2015 is unfair to him. Whenever reserve driver Jolyon Palmer conducts Friday morning duties for the Enstone outfit, it is Grosjean rather than the heavily PDVSA-funded Pastor Maldonado who gives up his seat. 'Let's say that in the beginning it was not easy to live with it,' Grosjean told the French magazine Auto Hebdo ahead of the Belgian grand prix, where once again Briton Palmer will occupy his black and gold car early on Friday. 'I don't know any driver who gladly gives up his seat. Losing an hour and a half of practice is not an ideal situation — if Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull and McLaren do not...
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