10/11/2011
Today at the Yas Marina Circuit Vitaly Petrov was invited to the official FIA press conference, which gave him the chance to set out his objectives for the Lotus Renault GP team…
Vitaly, we remember you last year with your red shadow - would it have been very different with DRS?
Vitaly PETROV: Definitely, and with new Pirelli tyres.
It would have been very different, would it?
VP: I think we need to forget already what’s happened last year here. I know I did a good race by myself to improve and to show the team I could stay for next year. It was not to use tactics for Fernando (Alonso), and with the lack of overtaking here he couldn’t do anything.
There have been a few changes in the team this year - is that something that affects you most recently?
VP: I don’t think anything changes for me. I think it will be better for the team. It’s like football; when a new coach joins a team, what he does first of all is look at the team and watches where the players are playing. Then he puts the people in the right places, where they should be playing. Then teams become more competitive and play stronger. This is actually what we try to do inside the team. The team principal tries to change some people, to move them around and try to profit from this.
What’s the situation for next year, your future?
VP: For me, everything is clear. I have a contract for next year, I don’t need to be worried, so I just try to do my job, try to gather a lot of information for next year for us in these last two races. I and the team are fully concentrated on the team for next year also so I’m quite clear.
Credit: Lotus Renault GP (www.lotusrenaultgp.com)
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