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.

 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 VALFEA VALSPR SMRFEA SMRSPR EURFEA EURSPR ESPFEA ESPSPR MONFEA GBRFEA GBRSPR FRAFEA FRASPR GERFEA15 GERSPR15 HUNFEA15 HUNSPR10 TURFEA16 TURSPR18 ITAFEARet ITASPR12 28th 0 2007 Campos Grand Prix BHRFEA14 BHRSPR11 ESPFEA10 ESPSPR16 MONFEA6 FRAFEA5 FRASPR5 GBRFEA9 GBRSPR9 GERFEA11 GERSPR17 HUNFEARet HUNSPR9 TURFEA17 TURSPR5 ITAFEA12 ITASPR12 BELFEA9 BELSPR11 VALFEA1 VALSPR8 13th 21 2008 Campos Grand Prix ESPFEA6 ESPSPRRet TURFEA5 TURSPR2 MONFEARet MONSPR15 FRAFEA4 FRASPR18 GBRFEA10 GBRSPR5 GERFEARet GERSPR12 HUNFEARet HUNSPR9 EURFEA1 EURSPR15 BELFEA4 BELSPR3 ITAFEARet ITASPRRet 7th 39 2009 Barwa Addax ESPFEA2 ESPSPR9 MONFEA2 MONSPR6 TURFEA1 TURSPR3 GBRFEA15 GBRSPR10 GERFEA4 GERSPR4 HUNFEARet HUNSPR12 VALFEA1 VALSPR3 BELFEARet BELSPR6 ITAFEA2 ITASPR5 PORFEA4 PORSPRRet 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 DUB1FEARet DUB1SPR9 IDNFEA5 IDNSPR3 MYSFEA1 MYSSPR3 BHRFEA10 BHRSPR3 DUB2FEA4 DUB2SPRRet 3rd 33 2008–09 Campos Grand Prix CHNFEA5 CHNSPRRet  DUBFEA5 DUBSPRC BHR1FEA10 BHR1SPR12 QATFEA3 QATSPR2 MYSFEA6 MYSSPR1 BHR2FEA19 BHR2SPR11 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  Renault F1 Team Renault R30 Renault RS27-2010 2.4 V8 BHR AUS MAL CHN ESP MON13 TUR CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR BRA ABU 13th 27  Lotus Renault GP Renault R31 Renault RS27-2011 2.4 V8 AUS MAL17 CHN TUR ESP MON CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR IND ABU BRA 10th 37 2012 Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT01 Renault RS27-2012 2.4 V8 AUS MAL CHN BHR ESP MON CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR IND ABU USA BRA 19th 0
 Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

 References 

 Other websites 

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

Category:1984 births
Category:Living people
Category:Russian sportspeople
Category:Formula One drivers
Category:Formula One current
Category:GP2 Series drivers