Although it is widely perceived that Vitaly Petrov is just another pay-driver entering the world of Formula One – as his seat with Renault was secured via a EUR15 million sponsorship coming from Russia – the driver’s manager Oksana Kossatschenko believes otherwise. As far as he’s concerned, Petrov is helping Renault and F1, not the other way around.
Seen as a market on which neither F1 nor French manufacturer have had too much luck in recent years – despite Renault’s 25 percent stake in AvtoV… (read more)