First Russian to join F1
Filed under: Formula 1
01 February 2010
When you think of Russia and the amount of money in the country and number of Russian billionaires you would think that there would be more Russians in the F1 Sport but you would be wrong.
The Renault team are about to make history with the first Russian driver set to raced for them in the 2010 season.
Vitaly Petrov has officially been unveiled as the second driver for Renault the 25 year old has been racing in GP2 since 2006 and now is ready for the step up. The contract may only be a one year contract but this could be all he needs to shine and show what a good driver he is.