🇬🇧 Jonathan Palmer

Jonathan Palmer is an established professional who raced in Formula 1 across seven seasons from 1983 to 1989, competing for Tyrrell across 84 starts. He was a solo driver in single-seater racing at the sport's highest level, a field mixing semi-professionals and amateurs with graded elite drivers on the same grid.[1]

Palmer finished 15th in the 1989 Formula 1 championship standings in his final season. Across his career he was a regular opponent for Alain Prost, a four-time world champion, though he typically finished behind him; he was closely matched with Riccardo Patrese, another established professional. Palmer beat both Prost and Nelson Piquet, a three-time champion, on individual occasions, with three victories over Prost and one over Piquet across their meetings. He drove for Tyrrell, a team that won 23 races across its full history and counted Jackie Stewart, an elite professional, among its stronger drivers.[2]