I closed normally my position and then I was driving normally around the circuit, and he did not have any opportunity to overtake me, as this circuit does not give you any chance. He was just once close enough for attacking. If he got close enough to attack quite aggressively I would maybe not fight too much because I did not want to touch with him because he is fighting for the championship. According to Petrov, however, that was not his problem. I know Ferrari is still quicker than us with the downforce, but this track is very difficult to overtake.'Īlonso found himself behind Petrov in seventh position after a failed gamble to pit earlier for hard compound tyres backfired. He also was not thinking about who he was battling with. But he was lucky because Glock was so slow. 'Even Sebastian Vettel in 2008, he was behind Hamilton and then he passed Lewis, who almost lost the championship. I cannot just let one car pass me because it is racing,' said Petrov. I did my race I did the maximum performance that I could take for his race. Vitaly Petrov said he had absolutely no choice as a racing driver but defend his position from Fernando Alonso even though the Ferrari driver was fighting tooth and nail for his third world title.Īlonso gesticulated angrily at Petrov on the slowing down lap for holding him up but Petrov defended his actions because he was in a race for valuable team points as well.

Download free f1 abu dhabi 2016