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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Vitaly Petrov, Giacomo Ricci, Jerome d'Ambrosio, Michael Ammermuller, Duncan Tappy, Sergey Afanasyev, Esteban Gutierrez, Fabio Leimer, Davide Rigon, Alexander Rossi, Josef Kral, Johnny Cecotto, Jr., Filip Salaquarda, Mihai Marinescu, Marco Bonanomi, Pal Varhaug, Daniel Mancinelli, Marcello Puglisi, Carlos Iaconelli, Samuele Buttarelli, Jonathan Kennard, Fabrizio Crestani, Frankie Provenzano, Chris van der Drift, Daniil Move, Dominick Muermans, Harald Schlegelmilch, Earl Bamber, Erik Jani, Oliver Oakes, Vladimir Arabadzhiev, Claudio Cantelli, Simon Trummer, Yuhi Sekiguchi, Matteo Davenia, Alessandro Vita Kouzkin, Kasper Andersen, Pablo Sanchez Lopez, Rahel Frey, Patrick Reiterer, Maximilian Gotz, Arturo Llobell, Rodolfo Avila, Sergey Mokshantsev, Alejandro Nunez, Norbert Siedler, Juho Annala, Nicolas Maulini, Tim Sandtler, Luigi Ferrara, Nick de Bruijn, Luca Persiani, Tiago Petiz, Ignazio Belluardo, Salvatore Gatto, Tor Graves. Excerpt: Vitaly Alexandrovich Petrov (Russian: , born September 8, 1984 in Vyborg) is a Russian Formula One racing driver, currently driving for the Lotus Renault GP team. He is known as "Vyborg Rocket" (Russian: ) in Russia. He is, to date, the only Russian to have competed in the Formula One World Championship. Unlike most top drivers, Petrov did not begin his career in karting, as there was very little motorsport where he lived. He began competing in the Russian Lada Cup in 2001. He remained in the series for 2002 and dominated the championship, winning all rounds and amassing the maximum points possible of 500. In 2003, Petrov began racing in Formula Renault, racing in the Italian Championship for Euronova Racing, finishing 19th overall. He also competed in some rounds of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. He also finished fourth in the British Formula Renault Winter Series at the end of th...