Jolyon Palmer has rubbished reports he could lose his Renault seat to reserve driver Esteban Ocon before the season is out.
Palmer has been outraced by team-mate Kevin Magnussen in the opening four races, but the Britain hasn't had the best of luck with technical troubles ruling him out of the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Despite that, Magnussen's form, which saw him score six points in Russia, has added pressure to Palmer, leading to suggestions he could lose his seat to Ocon.
"I don't know where that rumour came from, to be honest," Palmer said in the paddock on Thursday ahead of the Spanish GP.
"It doesn't faze me. I saw already after Bahrain that someone said something – I had one race in Melbourne that was quite good and I didn't even race in Bahrain. So whatever.
"I've only had four races and it's been mixed results, but I think I'm looking forward to the future."
Palmer said he had come to expect negative stories as common place in Formula 1, but insists he and the team are happy with his progress.
"It's what I've come to expect, really. It's Formula 1. I've seen it from the outside and now I've seen it from the inside.
"But I don't really care, ultimately. I know where I stand, in the team everyone knows where we stand."
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