After his father's murder: racing steward Petrow leaves Portugal

The FIA, the world automobile association, said Petrov left because of a bereavement in the family. His place will be taken by former Portuguese racing driver Bruno Correia. It was previously reported that 61-year-old Alexander Petrov was shot dead in his home in Viborg, 80 kilometers northwest of St. Petersburg. Initially nothing was known about the background. Petrow senior was, among other things, active in the city administration of Viborg. Controversial steward with critical statements Vitaly Petrov was not without controversy in his role as race steward in Portimao; world champion Lewis Hamilton had publicly criticized his appointment. “There should be people working in Formula 1 who understand the zeitgeist and are open to everything,” said Hamilton: “That’s why I don’t understand why Petrov is here in an official capacity. There are better options.” Vitaly Petrov, who drove in Formula 2011 in 2012 and 1, made disparaging comments about the “We race as one” movement in a conversation with the Russian magazine Championat. The drivers, says Petrow, “want to urge everyone to become gay so that they can then drive under the rainbow flag when they come out.” Petrow also mocked the “Black Lives Matter” movement and the drivers kneeling down when the national anthem was played before a race, as suggested by Hamilton. “It is very astonishing that the FIA would bring someone on board who has such views and speaks out in this way about things that we are fighting against,” said Hamilton. Petrow, whose only podium was a third place in Australia in 2011 with Renault, is serving as a race steward for the first time. The stewards decide, among other things, whether drivers violate the rules and the corresponding penalties.

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After his father's murder: racing steward Petrow leaves Portugal

After the murder of his father, the former Formula 1 driver Vitaly Petrov, who was designated as a race steward for the Grand Prix in Portimao, has returned to his homeland.

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