Vitaly Petrov believes he is capable of leading Renault in the absence of the injured Robert Kubica after finishing third at the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Vitaly Petrov has dedicated his maiden F1 podium to everyone in the Lotus Renault GP team after overcoming a tough winter. read more »

Fernando Alonso says he is not worried about being beaten to the podium in the Australian Grand Prix by Renault's Vitaly Petrov - because he does not see the Russian as a... read more »

LRGP opened its 2011 account in fine style as Vitaly scored his first podium in just his 20th Formula 1 race. He drove a consistent and faultless race to move up from 6th to... read more »

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and fellow podium finishers Lewis Hamilton and Vitaly Petrov attended Sunday's press conference in Melbourne... read more »

Vitaly Petrov (3rd): I'm delighted to be here on the podium, especially after the winter that we had as a team, which was very tough. read more »

Vitaly Petrov proved Renault's strong position and pace by finishing on the podium alongside Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton. The podium... read more »

Numerous questions in the Albert Park paddock surround Nick Heidfeld’s inability to rise to a points finish for Renault, with team-mate Vitaly Petrov having registered a... read more »

It will be hard to wipe the smile off Vitaly Petrov's face over the next few days after he claimed an unexpected podium at the Australian GP... read more »

Vitaly Petrov was understandably pleased after securing the first podium of his Formula One career with third place at the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Vitaly Petrov wrote himself into the Formula 1 history books on Sunday by becoming the first Russian to seal a rostrum result in the sport, having been the country’s maiden... read more »

Vitaly Petrov believes his third place in the Australian Grand Prix is an indication of what the 2011 Renault is capable of, though he admitted he was not sure quite how good... read more »

Sebastian Vettel wins Australian GP by 22secs, ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Vitaly Petrov. read more »

Sebastian Vettel had virtually led from start to finish after launching away from pole position and easily retaining first, even without KERS. Lewis Hamilton came in second... read more »

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel wins season-opening Australian Grand Prix from Lewis Hamilton and Renault's Vitaly Petrov. read more »

Champion Sebastian Vettel comfortably triumphed in Sunday’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix, leading from pole position as Lewis Hamilton confirmed a surprise second... read more »

Renault boss Eric Boullier says Vitaly Petrov is a new man this year, after praising the Russian for grabbing sixth on the grid for the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

With Nick Heidfeld unexpectedly out-for-the-count as early as Q1, Vitaly Petrov artfully raised Lotus Renault GP's spirits with an excellent qualifying run to line up... read more »

Sixth place for Australia 2011 marks a career-best qualifying position for Vitaly Petrov, who improves on his previous seventh from Hungary last year. Now in his second season,... read more »

Vitaly Petrov (6th): “After all the hard work during a very tough winter for the whole team, it feels great to come here and qualify read more »

Vitaly Petrov was delighted after qualifying on the third row of the grid ahead of tomorrow's Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Fernando Alonso is both surprised and disappointed to be starting Sunday’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix from the third row of the grid. Ironically, after the... read more »

As the race season gets underway, Vitaly Petrov and Nick Heidfeld were on duty for the Renault at the Australian GP. Both drivers had similar programs, which mainly conisted of... read more »

Vitaly Petrov is confident that there is more performance to come from Renault tomorrow after setting 12th fastest time in free practice for the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Having secured a stay-of-execution at Lotus Renault GP following a fast but erratic rookie campaign in the top flight, Vitaly Petrov is ready to ring the changes in F1 2011. read more »