Vitaly Petrov

Vitaly Petrov
Driver data
Born	8 September 1984 (1984-09-08) Vyborg, Russia
Nationality	RUS
Formula One World Championship career
Status	Without a contract
Championship titles	0
Races	58 (57 starts)
Pole positions	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Fastest laps	1
Career points	64
First race	2010 Bahrain Grand Prix
Last race	2012 Brazilian Grand Prix

Vitaly Aleksandrovich Petrov (Russian: Виталий Александрович Петров, born 8th September 1984 in Vyborg, Russia) is the first Russian Formula One driver, who is drove for Caterham in 2012, after replacing Jarno Trulli. He made his début for Renault (now Lotus F1) in 2010.

He was dropped for the 2013 season and was left without a drive.

Formula One Statistical Overview

F1 Career History

Year	Team	Pts	WDC Pos	Report
2010	Renault	27	13th	Report
2011	Renault	37	10th	Report
2012	Caterham-Renault	0	19th	Report

Statistics

Correct as of the 2012 Korean Grand Prix

Entries	58
Starts	57
Pole Positions	0
Front Row Starts	0
Race Wins	0
Podiums	1
Fastest laps	1
Points	64
Laps Raced	2753
Distance Raced	14033.719 km (8720 mi)
Races Led	0
Laps Led	0
Distance Led	0 km (0 mi)
Doubles	0
Hat-Tricks	0

Career Results

Complete Formula One results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos
2010																					27	13th
	Ret	Ret	Ret	7th	11th	13th*	15th	17th	14th	13th	10th	5th	9th	13th	11th	Ret	Ret	16th	6th
2011																					37	10th
	C	3rd	17th*	9th	8th	11th	Ret	5th	15th	12th	10th	12th	9th	Ret	17th	9th	Ret	11th	13th	10th
2012																					0	19th
	Ret	16th	18th	16th	17th	Ret	19th	13th	DNS	16th	19th	14th	15th	19th	17th	16th	17th	16th	17th	11th

Key
Symbol	Meaning		Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner		Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish		DSQ	Disqualified
3rd			DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish		DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish		TD	Test driver
NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)		DNS	Did not start
Italics	Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap		[+] More Symbols

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

Notes

v · t · e	Teams and Drivers
2010 Teams and Drivers Teams McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Ferrari • Williams • Renault • Force India • Toro Rosso • Lotus • HRT • BMW Sauber • Virgin Engines Mercedes • Renault • Ferrari • Cosworth Race Drivers 1 Button • 2 Hamilton • 3 Schumacher • 4 Rosberg • 5 Vettel • 6 Webber • 7 Massa • 8 Alonso • 9 Barrichello • 10 Hülkenberg • 11 Kubica • 12 Petrov • 14 Sutil • 15 Liuzzi • 16 Buemi • 17 Alguersuari • 18 Trulli • 19 Kovalainen • 20 Chandhok • 20/21 Yamamoto • 20 Klien • 21 Senna • 22 De la Rosa • 22 Heidfeld • 23 Kobayashi • 24 Glock • 25 Di Grassi Other Drivers Paffett • Hartley • Ricciardo • Coulthard • Fisichella • Badoer • Gené • Bottas • Tung • D'Ambrosio • Charouz • Di Resta • Fauzy • Soucek • Razia
2011 Teams and Drivers Teams Red Bull • McLaren • Ferrari • Mercedes • Renault • Williams • Force India • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Lotus • HRT • Virgin Engines Renault • Mercedes • Ferrari • Cosworth Race Drivers 1 Vettel • 2 Webber • 3 Hamilton • 4 Button • 5 Alonso • 6 Massa • 7 Schumacher • 8 Rosberg • 9 Heidfeld • 9 Senna • 10 Petrov • 11 Barrichello • 12 Maldonado • 14 Sutil • 15 Di Resta • 16 Kobayashi • 17 Pérez • 17 De la Rosa • 18 Buemi • 19 Alguersuari • 20 Kovalainen • 21 Trulli • 21 Chandhok • 22 Karthikeyan • 22/23 Ricciardo • 23 Liuzzi • 24 Glock • 25 d'Ambrosio Other Drivers Paffett • Fisichella • Bianchi • Gené • Davidson • Grosjean • Fauzy • Tung • Charouz • Bottas • Hülkenberg • Gutiérrez • Vergne • Razia • Valsecchi • Teixeira • Yamamoto • Wickens • Quaife-Hobbs
2012 Teams and Drivers Teams Red Bull • McLaren • Ferrari • Mercedes • Lotus • Force India • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams • Caterham • HRT • Marussia Engines Renault • Ferrari • Mercedes • Cosworth Race Drivers 1 Vettel • 2 Webber • 3 Button • 4 Hamilton • 5 Alonso • 6 Massa • 7 Schumacher • 8 Rosberg • 9 Räikkönen • 10 Grosjean • d'Ambrosio • 11 di Resta • 12 Hülkenberg • 14 Kobayashi • 15 Pérez • 16 Ricciardo • 17 Vergne • 18 Maldonado • 19 Senna • 20 Kovalainen • 21 Petrov • 22 de la Rosa • 23 Karthikeyan • 24 Glock • Pic Other Drivers Buemi • Paffett • Turvey • Gené • Rigon • Fisichella • Bird • Hartley • Korjus • Bianchi • Daly • Guttiérrez • Bottas • Wolff • van der Garde • Rossi • González • Clos • Ma • Liuzzi • Chilton • de Villota

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