Vitaly Petrov suffered a broken steering column support in Malaysia after he launched his R31 into the air following an off-track venture at turn eight.
The Russian was running in seventh before the incident took place just a handful of laps from the end of the race allowing Lewis Hamilton to take his spot in the final classifications.
Vitaly Petrov suffered a broken steering column support in Malaysia after he launched his R31 into the air following an off-track venture at turn eight.
The Russian was running in seventh before the incident took place just a handful of laps from the end of the race allowing Lewis Hamilton to take his spot in the final classifications.
