Vitaly Petrov

Vitaly Petrov (Russian: Виталий Петров) is a Russian race car from Vyborg, Russia and is a additional character in the Russian version of Cars 2, but also made a cameo appearance in other versions of the film. He is a race car that Lightning McQueen meets at the World Grand Prix welcoming party.
==History==
===Cars 2===
In all versions of Cars 2, Vitaly appears on a postcard during the credits sequence. He has a bigger role in the Russian version of Cars 2, in place of Jeff Gorvette at the Tokyo welcome party, but not in any other parts of the movie. Vitaly Petrov and Lewis Hamilton greets Lightning McQueen, but later notice Mater when he mistakes the Zen Master for a raker. In Mater's hallucination showing the same scene, Vitaly Petrov and Lewis Hamilton are shown making fun of Mater.
===Other appearances===
Vitaly also appears in the Neon Racers book and the Ice Racers book where he hosts the Ice Race for the Transcontinental Race of Champions in Moscow, Russia. He also appears in Cars Daredevil Garage via his Ice Racers die-cast.
==General information==
===Physical description===
Vitaly is a 2009 World Torque Champion League race car, which is based on the AMG-Mercedes DTM C-Class. He is painted red near his front, blue near his middle, and white on his rear and spoiler. He has a Russian flag design on his doors, as well as his hood. Vitaly is powered by a 4.0 Liter V-8 engine with 470 HP. He can accelerate from 0-60 mph in 3.8 seconds, and accelerate to a top speed of 160 mph.
==Bios==
===Cars 2===
*Vitaly Petrov - A racer from Russia, he takes part to international competitions in Cars, along with participants from the U.S., Japan, UK, Germany, Spain, France and Brazil. 
**Source: Disney Russia
*Vitaly Petrov is the first and only Russian race car ever to compete in the Formula World Championship. He didn't start off as a Formula racer though. In fact, there was very little motorsport in Vitaly's hometown of Vyborg, Russia, so he got most of his race training in rally sprints and ice races. After winning the Russian Rally Sprint title, he won every race in the Russian Lada Cup. Vitaly was soon on his way to the top with multiple Formula wins. With all his speed and success, it's no wonder Vitaly became known as the Vyborg Rocket.
**Source: Disney UK
==Portrayals==
*Vitaly Petrov - Russian version of Cars 2
==Gallery==
Vitaly Petrov Postcard.png|Cars 2 Vitaly Petrov on a Ending song postcard.
Vitally Petrov Postcard..png|Vitaly Petrov on a Ending song postcard.
Vitaly petrov large.jpg|Russian version of Cars 2
Vitaly and Lewis.png|Russian version of Cars 2
File:Vitaly Petrov in Mater's Hallucination.jpg|Vitaly Petrov in Mater's Hallucination
File:Vitaly Petrov and Lewis Hamilton in Mater's Hallucination.jpg|Vitaly Petrov and Lewis Hamilton in Mater's Hallucination
Vitaly ptrov.jpg|Promotional image of Vitaly.
Cars 2 vitaly petrov poster.jpg|A poster featuring Vitaly promoting Cars 2.
VitalyPetrovCarbonRacersAppearance1.jpg|Vitaly in the Carbon Racers comic.
VitalyPetrovCarbonRacersAppearance2.jpg|Vitaly in the Carbon Racers comic.
File:VitalyPetrovdc.jpg|Diecast
File:Vitaly Petrov's 2012 release.jpg|2012 release (Super Chase)
File:Vitaly petrov ice racer cars 2015 single ice racers.jpg|2015 release (Ice Racer)
File:Vitaly Petrov Disney Store.jpg|Disney Store
File:Vitaly Petrov render.png|Artwork 
File:Vitaly Petrov concept art .png|Concept art 
==Names in other languages== 
*Lithuanian: Vitalijus Petrovas
==Trivia==
*He is based on, named after and voiced by Russian former Formula One driver Vitaly Petrov/Himself. His paint job is designed after the Russian flag. It includes a car-ified version of the coat of arms of Russia, that replaces the two-headed eagle with a composition of wrenches, tailfins, nuts and cogs.
* Lightning friendly calls him "Веталь" (Vetal'), which is a simplified variant of his name.
*His paint job has the Russian flag inverted.
*His paint job's side symbol is a reference to Luxo Ball, according to Pixar's YouTube Channel
*In the Russian version of the film, he is not competing in the Tokyo race, but John Lassetire named Jeff Gorvette 'Vetal'.
*On his first 1:55 scale die-cast release he was just simply called "Russian Racer". 
** This was possibly due to copyright issues at the time.
*He's the only other Super Chase racer that received a variant in the 1:55 scale die-cast line via the Ice Racers line. 
**The other racer was Frosty Winterbumper who received multiple variants.
*In Cars: Fast as Lightning there is a car with the same nationality and the same model as him, named Pyotr Racinov, both of them are from Russia. 
**This means that Cars: Fast as Lightning may have originally been intended to have Vitaly Petrov appear in the game as a playable character.
**It is also possible that Pyotr might've been made to be a replacement for Vitaly Petrov for the ICE update for the game due to copyright/licensing issues with the actual Vitaly Petrov.
*He has the same model as Max Schnell, Long Ge, Frosty Winterbumper, Memo Rojas Jr., Flash Nilsson and Pyotr Racinov.
*Vitaly, just like the majority of Jeff's replacements, has no number in the film. However, he's assigned with the number 11 via the Ice Racers line of die-casts.
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