Vitaly Petrov Biography

Biography Biography almost all the pilots of the Royal Races come to the teams expected, having overcome the obligatory borders. But the Russian racer broke the long-term tradition of Formula 1 and quickly burst into Paddok, which incredibly surprised Russian fans. Vitaly was born in the family of businessman Alexander Petrov in the fall and youth of the boy in the Leningrad Region, in the city of Vyborg.

In his youth, Vitaly begins to be interested in machines, boats and equestrian sports. For the first time, he gets behind the wheel at the age of five, mastering cars from his father's fleet. At that time, his favorite became the “eight”. Vitaly's parents are not ordinary people. Mom heads a gymnasium, and father will be an entrepreneur, philanthropist and assistant deputy of the State Duma.

The Petrov family has another child - Vitaly's younger brother. Sergey is a talented musician who wrote more than 50 works. The races from the youth of the young man are priority only for sport. A talented child did not drive in the picture from the four years of age, as the main pilots of the formula do, but with rapture he was engaged in ice races and rally-sprint. The first race in which the Summer Vyborg racer participated was in his hometown.

The teenager got an Opel Astra car, which slightly lifted, and he finished the fourteenth. At 17, the young man participates in the Lada Cup, where he immediately shows incredible results. In this series, Petrov performs for 11 months, and then goes to the Italian Formula-Renault. Starting CHOTH PHOTOS Participation in European competitions. Speaking a pilot of the EURONOVA RACING team, it comes to the finish line of metro in a winter race in Britain takes 4th place in the formula -renault championship.

Petrov's debut arrival in the Formula took place in Caglia. The racer did not receive serious awards, as he had no experience. Amateur races cannot be compared with professional. After that, the athlete returns to Russia, where he participates in national competitions. In the homeland, Fortune is more favorable to the Russian, and in conquering two titles at once.

Having raised experience and raising the fighting spirit, he returns to Europe again. Speaking for the EURONOVA RACING in Euroseria, it comes to the finish line by the third. Petrov falls on the podium ten times and won 4 victories in a row - in Mujello, Silverstone, Hungarring and Montmelo. In addition, he occupies Pole in Brno, taking part in the European championship.

After such victories, a road to the GP2 series opens in front of a novice racer. Participation in international competitions helps to get one more step closer to the Royal Races. In this series, Vitaly manages to win four times. The season Vitaly opens confidently and takes 2nd place in the standings. In the first position is Roman Grozhan - a teammate. Petrov immediately heads the championship, but does not hold the leading position, yielding to Hulkeberg.

The end of the season is marked for a Russian title of vice champion. Formula 1 to Vitaly Petrov signs a contract with Renault F1, while becoming the first Russian pilot during the existence of Foil-1. The head of the Team team Eric Bulia is sure that the young man will confirm his own potential and reach the champion title. Enforcement in the staff of the team implies sponsorship in the amount of 15 million.

The amount is divided into pieces and deposited in two stages. The first cache should pass until March 1, and the second part no later than the beginning of July. Naturally, the young racer did not have such funds. The father was able to only partially help his son, while laying all his own property to the bank in exchange for 7 million. This money was not enough to continue participating in the competition.

Then the head of the Petrov family said that Vitaly would leave Renault ahead of schedule due to the lack of funding. The President of the Russian Federation responded to the press service and said that he would support the young pilot using extra-budgetary means. Lada logos flaunted by car, as this required a contract concluded with Rostekhnology Corporation. At the same time, it became known that Vitaly plays for the France team free of charge, being considered a student-student.

The Renault team only takes on the costs of living, flights and nutrition of the rider. The pilot has no salaries yet and is not expected, so the family of a talented young man took over the rest of the costs. In the season, the Russian made his debut in the Bahrain Grand Prix as a combat pilot of the Renault team. The young athlete did not demonstrate outstanding results, only fragmentary brilliant episodes took into account the leaders of the team.

The young man gives a second chance and sign a two-year contract with him, according to which he will be a member of the Lotus Reno. In the first race of the season, Vitaly takes 3rd place, in subsequent races 7 times gets into the glass zone. By the end of the year, he comes with the following results: 37 points, 10th place in the personal standings. Thus, he did not live up to the expectations of the team and was fired.

The vacancy was occupied by Romain Grozhan. The Russian racer spent the next year as part of Caterham.But in the races he showed even worse results than in previous competitions. Without taking a single point, the man left the composition of the Katerham. There were rumors that the Russian star rolled. In the German series DTM, he got the last 23 place. The leadership of the group hoped that the Russian would show everything that is capable of.

But neither the most powerful car nor support for partners helped him to open up. As a result, in the year the athlete is withdrawn from the state and this team. Personal life is considered an enviable, but elusive groom. There are many fans on his heart, but so far no one has managed to ring Petrov. Personal life is of little interest to a man, because his main passion is cars.

There were rumors that the richest bachelor had a girl. For this role, human rumor appointed Sasha Pavlova. The beauty in dancing Go-Go at the Lemon nightclub in St. Petersburg, and works as a TV presenter on the Humor Box channel. Young people have seen young people together, but whether the couple in relations consists is unknown. Vitaly Petrov now the racer leaves no plans to participate again in the races of Formula 1.

This became known from the last news after an interview with Vitaly. Petrov will perform as part of the Manor team. The man has already shared plans for the future. He is sure that the project will give results, but much will depend on the composition of the crews. The last selection and tests are now underway. After that, it will already be possible to decide on whether the children will need additional days before Silverstone.