06.12, 16:36 Lotus Renault have reportedly selected a second driver for next season, which means the days of Russia’s only Formula One representative, Vitaly Petrov, in the British team, are numbered.
29.11, 14:17 Russia’s Formula One driver Vitaly Petrov’s manager Oksana Kosachenko is heading to Lotus-Renault headquarters in the UK on Tuesday evening to hold talks over Petrov’s future with the team.
27.11, 16:02 Formula One’s Lotus-Renault boss Eric Boullier has stated his team will make a decision on its 2012 driver line-up within the fortnight.
17.11, 18:31 Vitaly Petrov’s communication with the media will be limited after the first Russian in F1 said in an interview that he has had enough of his Lotus Renault team putting all the blame for poor results on the drivers.
27.03, 13:04 Vitaly Petrov has become the first ever Russian to ascend the Formula 1 podium after finishing third at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
Published: 09 December, 2011, 13:04
Edited: 09 December, 2011, 20:05
Russian racing driver, Vitaly Petrov. (Reuters / Caren Firouz)TAGS: Formula 1, Petrov, Motorsports Russia’s first-ever Formula 1 driver, Vitaly Petrov, won’t be racing for Lotus Renault next season after the team officially confirmed Romain Grosjean as Kimi Raikkonen’s partner for 2012.
Petrov is forced out of the team, despite having a contract until the end of 2012.
Grosjean, the reigning GP2 series champion, has made two appearances for Lotus Renualt this season, racing in Friday’s sessions in Abu Dhabi and Brazil.
The Frenchman is a client of Gravity Management company, which is headed by none other than Lotus Renault team principal, Eric Boullier.
The 25-year-old driver has also received strong financial backing from French oil company Total and the car manufacturer, Renault.
“I’m delighted that Romain Grosjean will partner Kimi next year,” Eric Boullier told his team’s official website. “Romain has shown a lot of maturity in the past 12 months both through his GP2 Series victory and his development as a third driver with us.”
“I would like to thank Vitaly Petrov and Bruno Senna for their contribution to the team’s performance this year and I wish them all the best for the future,” he added.
Vitaly Petrov has been with Lotus Renault since the start of the 2010 season, grabbing 64 career points and mounting the podium after a third-place finish at this year’s Australian GP.
“First of all, I’d like to thank all our partners and fans for the support Vitaly received during those two seasons,” Oksana Kosachenko, Petrov’s manager, told Sportbox.ru. “I stress that we have an excellent relationship with the Lotus Renault team, and together with them we have now come up with another program for Vitaly. We’ll announce it before the New Year. So it's not the end of Petrov's career, but his transition into a new phase.”
Earlier reports sent 27-year-old Petrov to lowly Marussia Virgin, but the Russian team has already announced their drivers’ list for the next season.
08.12, 12:35 Formula 1’s governing body, the FIA, has confirmed an unchanged 20-race calendar for the next season, despite lingering doubts over the GPs in Bahrain and the United States.
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