Boullier: The Petrov affair is closed

Vitaly Petrov was not kind to his team after the Abu Dhabi GP, where Lotus-Renault had again failed beyond the top ten. The team?s reaction was not long in coming as it immediately limited the Russian's communication with the press. Oksana Kosachenko, Vitaly Petrov's manager, even admitted that her protégé had crossed the line.

If this affair comes at a bad time for the Russian since the starting drivers for 2012 are still unknown, Eric Boullier wanted to calm things down. “The interview was conducted a few minutes after Vitaly got out of the car”, declares the director of the British team. “The race was tough and he didn't score any points, he was exhausted. Pilots are not machines. Vitaly is a competitor, he would have complained about not having won the race if he had been on the podium. We took this incident as an incident. Vitaly apologized, as far as we are concerned, the matter is closed. »