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. By racing in the  Bahrain Grand Prix, he became the first Russian driver to take part in the Formula One World Championship. He lives in Valencia, Spain.

### Career summary

|Season|Series|Team|Races|Wins|Poles|F/Laps|Podiums|Points|Position|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Lada Cup Russia|align=left|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**1st**|
|align=left|Lada Cup Russia|align=left|SK OOO Favorit|5|5|5|5|5|500|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**1st**|
|align=left|VW Polo Cup|align=left|?|1|1|?|?|1|?|?||
|align=left|Formula RUS|align=left|10 Duimov|2|2|?|?|2|?|?||
|align=left|Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series|align=left rowspan=2|Eurotek Motorsport|?|1|0|0|1|44|4th||
|align=left|Formula Renault 2000 UK|2|0|0|0|0|23|28th||||
|align=left|Formula Renault 2000 Italia|align=left|Euronova Junior Team|12|0|0|0|0|12|19th||
|align=left|Formula Renault 2000 Masters|align=left rowspan=2|Euronova Racing|6|0|0|0|0|0|NC||
|align=left|Euro Formula 3000|1|0|0|0|0|0|22nd||||
|align=left|Formula Renault 2000 Italia|align=left rowspan=2|Euronova Junior Team|4|0|0|0|0|2|28th||
|align=left|Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup|4|0|0|0|0|0|NC||||
|align=left|Euro Formula 3000|align=left|Euronova Racing|1|0|0|0|0|0|NC||
|align=left|Lada Revolution Russia|align=left|Elex Polyus|4|1|4|?|4|43|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|**2nd**|
|align=left|Formula 1600 Russia|align=left|Art-Line ProTeam|6|5|1|?|9|85|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**1st**|
|align=left|Lada Revolution Russia|align=left|Maxmotor-Ulianovsk|14|10|5|6|9|?|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**1st**|
|align=left|Euroseries 3000|align=left|Euronova|17|4|0|2|9|72|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|**3rd**|
|align=left|GP2 Series|align=left|David Price Racing|8|0|0|0|0|0|28th||
|align=left|F3000 International Masters|align=left|Charouz Racing System|2|0|1|0|0|0|29th||
|align=left|GP2 Series|align=left|Campos Grand Prix|21|1|0|0|1|21|13th||
|align=left|GP2 Series|align=left rowspan=2|Barwa International Campos Team|20|1|0|1|3|39|7th||
|align=left|GP2 Asia Series|10|1|1|0|4|33|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|**3rd**|||
|align=left|GP2 Asia Series|align=left|Barwa International Campos Team|11|1|0|0|3|28|5th||
|align=left|GP2 Series|align=left|Barwa Addax Team|20|2|2|1|7|75|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|**2nd**|
|align=left|Formula One|align=left|Renault F1 Team|19|0|0|1|0|27|15th||
|align=left|Formula One|align=left|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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GER FEA <small>15</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GER SPR <small>15</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|HUN FEA <small>15</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|HUN SPR <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|TUR FEA <small>16</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|TUR SPR <small>18</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ITA FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ITA SPR <small>12</small>|||||||||||||||||
|2007|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BHR FEA <small>14</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BHR SPR <small>11</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ESP FEA <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ESP SPR <small>16</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|MON FEA <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|FRA FEA <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|FRA SPR <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GBR FEA <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GBR SPR <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GER FEA <small>11</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GER SPR <small>17</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|HUN FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|HUN SPR <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|TUR FEA <small>17</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|TUR SPR <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ITA FEA <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ITA SPR <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BEL FEA <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BEL SPR <small>11</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|VAL FEA <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|VAL SPR <small>8</small>||||
|2008|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|ESP FEA <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ESP SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|TUR FEA <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|TUR SPR <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|MON FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|MON SPR <small>15</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|FRA FEA <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|FRA SPR <small>18</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GBR FEA <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|_GBR SPR_ <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|GER FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GER SPR <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|HUN FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|HUN SPR <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|EUR FEA <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|EUR SPR <small>15</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|BEL FEA <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|BEL SPR <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ITA FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ITA SPR <small>Ret</small>||||||
|2009|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|ESP FEA <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ESP SPR <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|MON FEA <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|_MON SPR_ <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|_TUR FEA_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|TUR SPR <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GBR FEA <small>15</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GBR SPR <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|GER FEA <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|GER SPR <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|HUN FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|HUN SPR <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|VAL FEA <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|VAL SPR <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|BEL FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|BEL SPR <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|**ITA FEA** <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|ITA SPR <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|**POR FEA** <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|POR SPR <small>Ret</small>||bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|**2nd**|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|**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||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|DUB1 FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|DUB1 SPR <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|**IDN FEA** <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|IDN SPR <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|MYS FEA <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|MYS SPR <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BHR FEA <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|BHR SPR <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|DUB2 FEA <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|DUB2 SPR <small>Ret</small>|||bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|**3rd**|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|**33**|
|2008–09||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|CHN FEA <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|CHN SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|DUB FEA <small>5</small>|DUB SPR <small>C</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BHR1 FEA <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BHR1 SPR <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|QAT FEA <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|QAT SPR <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|MYS FEA <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|MYS SPR <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BHR2 FEA <small>19</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BHR2 SPR <small>11</small>||||

### 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|||||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|BHR|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|AUS|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|MAL|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|CHN|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|ESP|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|MON <small>13</small>|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|_TUR_|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|CAN|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|EUR|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|GBR|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|GER|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|HUN|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BEL|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|ITA|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SIN|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|JPN|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|KOR|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|BRA|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|ABU|||
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|AUS|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|MAL <small>17</small>|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|CHN|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|TUR|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|ESP|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|MON|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|CAN|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|EUR|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|GBR|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|GER|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|HUN|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BEL|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|ITA|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SIN|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|JPN|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|KOR|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|IND|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|ABU|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BRA|||
|2012||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|AUS|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|MAL|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|CHN|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|BHR|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|ESP|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|MON|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|CAN|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|EUR|style="background:#FFFFFF;"|GBR|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|GER|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|HUN|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|BEL|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|ITA|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SIN|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|JPN|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|KOR|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|IND|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|ABU|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|USA|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|BRA|
 Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

## Other websites

- VitalyPetrov.com   - Официальный Виталий Петров сайт
- Vitaly Petrov career statistics at Driver Database

## Infobox (f1 driver)

- **name**: Vitaly Petrov
- **image**: Vitaly Petrov 2010 Malaysia.jpg
- **caption**: Petrov at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix
- **nationality**: Russian
- **races**: 58
- **championships**: 0
- **wins**: 0
- **podiums**: 1
- **points**: 64
- **poles**: 0
- **fastest laps**: 1
- **first race**: Bahrain Grand Prix
- **last race**: Brazilian Grand Prix
- **last season**: 2012
- **last position**: 19th (0 points)