Vitaly scored another couple of points as he finished P9 at the Shanghai International Circuit, while teammate Nick came home in P12. • Both Vitaly and Nick ran two-stop strategies. • Vitaly started on softs, took another set of softs on lap 17, and switched to hards on lap 37 • Nick also started on softs, took more softs on lap 18, then finally ran the hards from lap 30 Vitaly Petrov, P9, R31-01 “To be P9 and take two points for the team is still good, given that we did not qualify in high positions. However, we are still a bit disappointed that we … [Read more...]

A dramatic qualifying session saw Vitaly qualify in P10 and Nick in P16, after the Russian’s car lost power and halted what could have been a very strong session for the team. • Vitaly’s car was halted when the air supply to the engine was cut off, causing the engine to lose power. At the moment we believe there is no reason to change the engine. • Both Nick and Vitaly used one set of hard and soft tyres in Q1. Nick used two sets of softs in Q2, while Vitaly used one set. Vitaly Petrov, P10, R31-01, 1:35:149 “I am very disappointed with what … [Read more...]