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Petrov sees WEC team branching out into F1
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Former Renault and Caterham F1 driver Vitaly Petrov, who was also Russia's very first Grand Prix driver, believes his FIA World Endurance Championhsip team SMP Racing could contemplate entering Formula 1 in the not so distant future. SMP, which is financially supported by the SMP Bank and has won two WEC titles in the last two seasons, is based in Moscow and has been successfully involved in numerous categories of racing. But its main objective has been to promote young Russian driver talents through its own driver development scheme. Petrov himself will be racing for SMP this year in LMP2, and the 31-year-old is obviously in a good position to offer his knowledge and...
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