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Petrov tips SMP Racing to consider future F1 programme
Russia’s first Formula 1 driver and podium finisher Vitaly Petrov believes that his new team, SMP Racing, could have F1 ambitions in the long term. Petrov – who drove for Renault and Caterham in his three-year F1 career – will race for SMP in the LMP2 division of the FIA World Endurance Championship this season, piloting the outfit’s BR01 that took pole position for last weekend’s Rolex 24 at Daytona. The Russian outfit, which has claimed two WEC titles in the last two seasons, now boasts one of the biggest driver development schemes in the sport – and Petrov thinks that could eventually stretch all the way to F1. “The team has a lot of different programmes planned in...
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