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F1: Petrov Proves His Point At Spa
Vitaly Petrov did well in the Belgian Grand Prix in spite of a poor qualifying effort...
Jim Rising  |  Posted August 31, 2010   Balen (BEL)
Vitaly Petrov is thirteenth in the Formula One point standings. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Vitaly Petrov was one of the unsung heroes of the Belgian GP, the Russian moving up from 23rd on the grid after his qualifying crash to ninth at the flag.

He should have finished in front of the two Mercedes, but while he stopped for a new set of slicks long before the late rain shower, they both stayed out and completed the race with a single stop.

“I did a not too bad start and then I tried to keep pushing harder, tried to pass Rosberg, which it what I did,” said Petrov. “We need to analyze why we did an extra pit stop, because without this, we could have finished in front of the Mercedes.

“But the race was nice. Conditions were very difficult, and to choose the tires was hard.

“Of course it was a pity from yesterday, again I apologize to the team for a stupid mistake, but today I was always in the top 10 and I hope next time I qualify a lot better and I don’t need to pass so many cars.

Petrov said he was happy with the boost from the F-duct: “You can see our car is very good on the straights.”

Adam Cooper notched up his 25th season as a racing journalist in 2009. Born in London, England, he saw his first F1 race at age 10 in 1976. He began freelancing for Autosport magazine in 1985 and was on the fulltime staff from 1987-92. He then went freelance again, initially spending two years in Japan before following the 1994 Champcar series from a base in Indianapolis. He has not missed a Grand Prix since Suzuka ‘94, a run that has extended to Abu Dhabi ’09. Adam has written books about Eddie Irvine, Piers Courage and Michael Schumacher and hosts a race preview show on Sirius XM. He has written about F1 for SPEEDtv.com since 2005. Check out Adam's Blog or follow him on Twitter

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