<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - E-, uPetrov wafaneleka endaweni yesishiyagalombili kodwa washiya ngemuva kokushayisa uMichael Schumacher emhlane emzuliswaneni we-16, okwabangela imoto yokuphepha. Kwaba ukuxhumana kwesithathu phakathi kwalaba bobabili ngo-2011, lapho uPetrov ebonakala ebambe iqhaza kakhulu ekuzameni ukuqeda u-Alonso emgqeni omude ngaphambi kwejika 3. Wathola inhlawulo yezindawo ezinhlanu ngenxa yesigameko emqhudelwaneni wokuqala, okwakusho ukuthi kwakudingeka aqale umjaho endaweni yeshumi nesithupha. Waqeda umjaho engoweshumi nanye, ngaphambi nje komlingani wakhe uBruno Senna, futhi waphuthelwa nje izikhundla zokuthola amaphuzu. Ngemva kokuqeda endaweni ye-13 e-Abu Dhabi  <response>: UPetrov uqale ukuhlasela iqembu lakhe enkulumweni ayenza kuthelevishini yaseRussia, ecaphuna ukuntuleka kokuthuthuka, amaphutha amasu, kanye nokugxekwa kwabashayeli ngabaphathi beqembu. UPetrov waxolisa ngokuthukuthela nge-imeyili kubo bonke abasebenzi bakwaRenault, no-Éric Bouiller bethi lolu daba seluphelile. UPetrov uqede isizini ngomgamu weshumi eBrazil, kodwa ngo-Adrian Sutil oqede endaweni yesithupha emncintiswaneni, uSutil wadlula phambi kukaPetrov endaweni yesishiyagalolunye esimisweni sokugcina seligi. 