Vitaly Petrov

Vitaly Aleksandrovich Petrov (born September 8, 1984 in Vyborg) is a Russian Formula One driver for the Renault F1 team. He is known as "Vyborg Rocket" in Russia.^[1] By racing in the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix, he became the first Russian driver to take part in the Formula One World Championship. He lives in Valencia, Spain.^[2]

Vitaly Petrov

Petrov at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix
Born	(1984-09-08) 8 September 1984 (age 40)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Russian
Entries	58
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Career points	64
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	1
First entry	2010 Bahrain Grand Prix
Last entry	2012 Brazilian Grand Prix
2012 position	19th (0 points)

Racing career

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2001	Lada Cup Russia	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1st
2002	Lada Cup Russia	SK OOO Favorit	5	5	5	5	5	500	1st
	VW Polo Cup	?	1	1	?	?	1	?	?
	Formula RUS	10 Duimov	2	2	?	?	2	?	?
2003	Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series	Eurotek Motorsport	?	1	0	0	1	44	4th
	Formula Renault 2000 UK		2	0	0	0	0	23	28th
	Formula Renault 2000 Italia	Euronova Junior Team	12	0	0	0	0	12	19th
	Formula Renault 2000 Masters	Euronova Racing	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Euro Formula 3000		1	0	0	0	0	0	22nd
2004	Formula Renault 2000 Italia	Euronova Junior Team	4	0	0	0	0	2	28th
	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup		4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Euro Formula 3000	Euronova Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Lada Revolution Russia	Elex Polyus	4	1	4	?	4	43	2nd
2005	Formula 1600 Russia	Art-Line ProTeam	6	5	1	?	9	85	1st
	Lada Revolution Russia	Maxmotor-Ulianovsk	14	10	5	6	9	?	1st
2006	Euroseries 3000	Euronova	17	4	0	2	9	72	3rd
	GP2 Series	David Price Racing	8	0	0	0	0	0	28th
	F3000 International Masters	Charouz Racing System	2	0	1	0	0	0	29th
2007	GP2 Series	Campos Grand Prix	21	1	0	0	1	21	13th
2008	GP2 Series	Barwa International Campos Team	20	1	0	1	3	39	7th
	GP2 Asia Series		10	1	1	0	4	33	3rd
2008–09	GP2 Asia Series	Barwa International Campos Team	11	1	0	0	3	28	5th
2009	GP2 Series	Barwa Addax Team	20	2	2	1	7	75	2nd
2010	Formula One	Renault F1 Team	19	0	0	1	0	27	15th
2011	Formula One	Lotus Renault GP	11	0	0	0	1	32*	8th*

^* Season in progress.

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2006	David Price Racing	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	SMR FEA	SMR SPR	EUR FEA	EUR SPR	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	MON FEA	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	FRA FEA	FRA SPR	GER FEA 15	GER SPR 15	HUN FEA 15	HUN SPR 10	TUR FEA 16	TUR SPR 18	ITA FEA Ret	ITA SPR 12	28th	0
2007	Campos Grand Prix	BHR FEA 14	BHR SPR 11	ESP FEA 10	ESP SPR 16	MON FEA 6	FRA FEA 5	FRA SPR 5	GBR FEA 9	GBR SPR 9	GER FEA 11	GER SPR 17	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 9	TUR FEA 17	TUR SPR 5	ITA FEA 12	ITA SPR 12	BEL FEA 9	BEL SPR 11	VAL FEA 1	VAL SPR 8	13th	21
2008	Campos Grand Prix	ESP FEA 6	ESP SPR Ret	TUR FEA 5	TUR SPR 2	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 15	FRA FEA 4	FRA SPR 18	GBR FEA 10	GBR SPR 5	GER FEA Ret	GER SPR 12	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 9	EUR FEA 1	EUR SPR 15	BEL FEA 4	BEL SPR 3	ITA FEA Ret	ITA SPR Ret		7th	39
2009	Barwa Addax	ESP FEA 2	ESP SPR 9	MON FEA 2	MON SPR 6	TUR FEA 1	TUR SPR 3	GBR FEA 15	GBR SPR 10	GER FEA 4	GER SPR 4	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 12	VAL FEA 1	VAL SPR 3	BEL FEA Ret	BEL SPR 6	ITA FEA 2	ITA SPR 5	POR FEA 4	POR SPR Ret		2nd	75

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2008	Campos Grand Prix	DUB1 FEA Ret	DUB1 SPR 9	IDN FEA 5	IDN SPR 3	MYS FEA 1	MYS SPR 3	BHR FEA 10	BHR SPR 3	DUB2 FEA 4	DUB2 SPR Ret			3rd	33
2008–09	Campos Grand Prix	CHN FEA 5	CHN SPR Ret	DUB FEA 5	DUB SPR C	BHR1 FEA 10	BHR1 SPR 12	QAT FEA 3	QAT SPR 2	MYS FEA 6	MYS SPR 1	BHR2 FEA 19	BHR2 SPR 11	5th	28

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	WDC	Points
2010	Renault F1 Team	Renault R30	Renault RS27-2010 2.4 V8	BHR Ret	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	CHN 7	ESP 11	MON 13†	TUR 15	CAN 17	EUR 14	GBR 13	GER 10	HUN 5	BEL 9	ITA 13	SIN 11	JPN Ret	KOR Ret	BRA 16	ABU 6		13th	27
2011	Lotus Renault GP	Renault R31	Renault RS27-2011 2.4 V8	AUS 3	MAL 17†	CHN 9	TUR 8	ESP 11	MON Ret	CAN 5	EUR 15	GBR 12	GER 10	HUN 12	BEL 9	ITA Ret	SIN 17	JPN 9	KOR Ret	IND 11	ABU 13	BRA 10		10th	37
2012	Caterham F1 Team	Caterham CT01	Renault RS27-2012 2.4 V8	AUS Ret	MAL 16	CHN 18	BHR 16	ESP 17	MON Ret	CAN 19	EUR 13	GBR DNS	GER 16	HUN 19	BEL 14	ITA 15	SIN 19	JPN 17	KOR 16	IND 17	ABU 16	USA 17	BRA 11	19th	0

^† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

References

1. "Vitaly Petrov Adria race report". motorsport.com. 2006-04-11. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
2. "В сердце – болид". archive.ph. 2012-09-05. Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2024-07-29.

Other websites

• VitalyPetrov.com Archived 2013-12-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian) - Официальный Виталий Петров сайт
• Vitaly Petrov career statistics at Driver Database