13.11, 20:05 Lewis Hamilton was the first to see the checkered flag at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, while Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel retired on the first lap.
01.11, 15:30 The maiden Russian Grand Prix, scheduled to take place in Sochi in 2014, won’t gather enough audience, says Oksana Kosachenko, manager of Russia’s only Formula 1 driver Vitaly Petrov.
15.09, 19:39 Russia’s sole Formula One representative, Vitaly Petrov, was among the most notable guests at the Moscow Jet Expo 2011. RT caught up with the Lotus-Renault driver to get the latest news from the stable.
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: 17 November, 2011, 18:31
Lotus Renault GP's Russian driver Vitaly Petrov (AFP Photo / Dimitar Dilkoff)TAGS: Scandal, Formula 1, Petrov 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.
Lotus Renault, who started the season with Petrov’s podium in Australia, now find themselves struggling for places in the Top 10. And the Russian says he keeps questioning his team about this downfall.
“We looked very strong during the first five or six races of the season,” he told Rossiya 2 channel. “We couldn’t compete with Ferrari, Red Bull or McLaren, but we were a lot faster than Mercedes.”
But then, according to Petrov, there were no improvements in his racing car because all the new parts just didn’t fit, while all of his rivals were moving forward.
“For the last ten races we’ve had nothing,” the 27-year-old stressed. “We’re driving practically the same car as at the beginning of the season.”
Petrov says the Lotus Renault team should acknowledge they weren’t at their best for many of this year’s races.
“Read my interviews, I never criticize the team, which lost so much on pit-stops and tactics,” he noted. “We’ve lost ten or more races because of this. Even without having a fast car, we still could’ve earned good points if we only had a good strategy.”
“I couldn’t say in the interviews that we lost because of the pits. I still can’t speak about it now, but I just can’t keep silent anymore,” the driver added.
Despite being quite slow in the track, Lotus Renault wasted no time in reacting to Petrov’s words as the Russian’s communication with the media is going to be limited from now on.
“This year both sides pitched it strong – from time to time the team wasn’t speaking flatteringly of their drivers, and this time Vitaly also crossed the line in his last television interview with Rossiya 2. I have to admit it," Oksana Kosachenko, Petrov’s mamager, told RIA-Novosti news agency. "Some steps on the matter have already been taken. The team’s management decided to limit Vitaly Petrov’s communication with the media."
Petrov, who last finished in points three races ago in Japan, currently sits ninth in the drivers’ championship, with 39 points in the bag.
13.11, 20:05 Lewis Hamilton was the first to see the checkered flag at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, while Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel retired on the first lap.
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