F1 links: Petrov tipped for Campos
19th August 2009, 23:46 by Keith Collantine 11 Comments »
The Spanish press is reporting that Pedro de la Rosa will return to F1 racing next year with Spanish team Campos Meta 1.
His team mate, the report claims, will be GP2 driver Vitaly Petrov, who until this weekend was Romain Grosjean’s team mate at Barwa Addax. Petrov would be the first Russian to race in F1 if he got the drive.
Pedro Martínez de la Rosa será piloto oficial en el Campos Meta
Pedro de la Rosa and GP2 driver Vitaly Petrov to race for Campos Meta 1? (Spanish)
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Prisoner Monkeys said on 20th August 2009, 1:51
It might be from a Spanish tabloid, but I’ve always though Petrov would be a good coice. He’s quick, he knows the team, and a Russian in Formula One would bring massive sponsorship potential. Plus, Adrian Campos dropped a massive hint when he said he wated a driver who would open up a new market.
Prisoner Monkeys said on 23rd August 2009, 1:23
Well, Petrov won the GP2 feature race overnight. And given the way he led from the second corner until the end and fended off Nico Hulkenerg, I’d say he’s made a pretty srong case for being promoted to Formula One.
DGR-F1 said on 20th August 2009, 8:41
I will be at Silverstone to watch Our Nige and Greg. At least the car should be easy to spot!
gabal said on 20th August 2009, 9:00
Based on what I saw from him this season in GP2 he deserves a chance in F1.
In my opinion he outperformed Grossjean as he was much more consistant in his results…
Andrew White said on 20th August 2009, 9:42
I saw Hamilton at the DTM last year. He did a demonstration in his McLaren, of which I got some terrible photos through a fence
Red Andy said on 20th August 2009, 10:27
Anyone who’s in the region should check out the Oulton Park Gold Cup on the bank holiday weekend. I went two or three years ago and it was a fantastic couple of days. Lots of historic cars from many categories including F1 and Formula Atlantic. The Minardi two-seater F1 car was there as well doing demonstration runs.
Motorsport In Print said on 20th August 2009, 11:08
Im going… well, I have a trade stand there!
Hope to catch some of the action too though!
Lets hope the rain stays away!
PJA said on 20th August 2009, 10:39
Bad news about all the potential job losses, I think this could be one of those rules that could be hard to govern as teams could move staff to various subsidiaries and then be contracted to do the work.
John H said on 20th August 2009, 13:33
You can bet your bottom dollar Bernie would want Petrov in F1
Prisoner Monkeys said on 21st August 2009, 7:39
That’s what we should call him from now on: “Bottom Dollar Bernie”, because he’s only concerned with the bottom line.
Becken said on 20th August 2009, 14:13
Awesome video with McLaren´s mechanics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mLQitINALQ