Vitaly Petrov says he wouldn’t have risked a crash with Fernando Alonso as he held the Spaniard up for much of the race, scuppering the Ferrari driver’s chance of taking his third title.
Luckily for Petrov though, Alonso rarely came close enough to passing the Russian driver. Therefore Petrov managed to stay ahead and secured sixth, his second best finish of the year, boosting his 2011 Renault seat chances.
“I had a long battle with Fernando, but the car had good top speed today so I was able to control the situation,” said the Renault driver.
“I just did my job. If he had tried a move, then I didn’t want to crash with him, but it didn’t come to that.
“I came here to fight, and race every other driver, and I think I showed today that I can fight.”
Alonso was less than happy with the situation as he pulled alongside the R30 after the race and expressed his feelings through a multitude of hand gestures.
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