Jolyon Palmer is confident he will be in Formula 1 next season after securing the 2015 GP2 title with a win in Russia at the weekend.
The 23-year-old has a 56 point lead over Williams reserve Felipe Nasr and McLaren’s Stoffel Vandoorne and believes the title win will help secure him an F1 seat next season.
“I’m confident [I’ll be in F1],” said Palmer. “The first priority was to win GP2 and I was always confident that if I did win GP2 I was going to be in F1. Now that’s done and I’m confident I’ll be in F1.
“I’m not saying it is going to be easy, but this title is a big help. We’re going to have to wait for a few weeks and see what happens. I feel ready for it. I’m driving at the top of my game right now.”
The British racer would be the first champion to rise through the ranks from GP2 to F1 since Romain Grosjean and he reckons he’s 100 per cent ready for the jump.
“I know the tyres thanks to GP2. It is the perfect Series to feed into Formula 1; it is the same tyres, the same tracks, the cars are even now a similar speed especially into the corners. I feel absolutely ready for it and I am confident it can happen.”
