News Details

Father of F1 steward and former driver Petrov murdered

The first weekend as a Formula 1 steward turned out to be a complete disaster for Vitaly Petrov. While the former driver was in Portugal for the FIA, his father was killed. Formula 1 has been asking the FIA to invite more former drivers to act as stewards for some time now. They know best what is going on in the minds of today's drivers. That is why Vitaly Petrov would act as a steward for the first time this weekend. The Russian has now retreated as steward however. The reason is that his father died, the businessman Alexander Petrov. According to Russian media this is not a natural death, because Petrov's father was reportedly shot in the city of Vyborg. Alexander Petrov was a familiar...
Full Story »
3y ago from GPBlog.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Petrov relinquishes FIA steward role after father's...

FIA driver steward Vitaly Petrov has left Portugal to return to Russia...
3y ago from F1i.com

FIA: Vitaly Petrov will not continue with his duties

Vitaly Petrov has stood down from his role as a driver steward for the...
3y ago from GrandPrix247.com

LGBTQ+ Movement Echoes Hamilton’s Criticism Of...

Racing Pride – a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movement which...
3y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Petrov steps down as FIA steward after shooting death...

Vitaly Petrov has been forced to step down as a steward for this...
3y ago from GPFans.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Quartararo reveals arm pump struggles at MotoGP...

Fabio Quartararo has revealed that Yamaha's 2024 bike turning difficulties...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Abel ends Indy 500 entry hopes, cites funding as cause

Abel Motorsports will not be fielding a car in this year’s Indianapolis...

American flag livery returns for AJ Foyt Indy 500 entry

AJ Foyt Racing announced Wednesday that it is bringing its popular...

Chevrolet confirms it had no knowledge of Team Penske...

Just over a week has passed since IndyCar announced the disqualification...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Comments

Hottest News

BREAKING: Red Bull chief 'considering F1 future'

Red Bull could be set to lose another key member... Read More »
14h ago from GPFans.com

F1 Qualifying Results: Miami Grand Prix 2024 times as...

All the big hitters were cleanly through the... Read More »
8h ago from GPFans.com

Starting grid for 2024 F1 Miami Grand Prix

Check out the full starting grid for the 2024 F1... Read More »
1h ago from RacingNews365.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.