I've had a quick google but I can't find what he said. Anyone have a link? I'll reserve judgement on him and what he said until I read it for myself. Regarding opinions on female drivers, it's obviously a completely different subject and deserves a different thread.
Page Not Found. I have found something, actually. I guess he's entitled to express his opinion but I think I'd agree with the 'oops'.
It looks to me as if VBulletin has incorrectly parsed the URL by incorporating the ellipsis. This is it. I missed that story. I saw the headline but didn't read further because I thought it was a single-point article. It was quite wide-ranging and does come off as a little nasty but, as usual, without the Q&A version it's difficult to judge.
I guess you're right- also proficiency in language counts- Petrov's English is not excellent, which makes him come across as some what rude at times. Here's the full article: Petrov insists Alonso also a ‘pay-driver’ By Editor on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Photo credit: Caterham F1 Vitaly Petrov has hit out again at his ‘pay-driver’ label, insisting even the highest paid driver on the grid has a similar arrangement with his team. “I see no difference between myself and Alonso,” said the Russian, who has moved his lucrative backing from Renault (now Lotus) to the Caterham team for 2012. His new appointment is controversial, given he has ousted the experienced veteran and former Monaco winner Jarno Trulli, who was the last Italian in F1. Comparing himself with Alonso, Petrov told La Stampa newspaper: “Everyone knows that he is funded by the money from (Ferrari sponsor) Banco Santander. “Anyway, you only get to F1 because of talent.” And Petrov, 27, insists he does not feel sorry for Trulli. “Life is hard,” the Italian newspaper quotes him as saying. He admitted that having friends in F1 is impossible, whilst making some comments that will also not endear him to the sport’s Italian followers. Asked to explain the rare absence of Italians on the grid, Petrov criticised the country’s junior categories and added: “Your drivers lack the passion.” And as for Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo’s complaints about the dramatic role being played by aerodynamics in F1 at present, he answered: “When you’re not winning, it’s easy to complain.” Petrov, however, lived in Italy in his past, revealing that his favourite elements of Italian life are “the food and the girls”. But on the latter, he does not expect to be wheel-to-wheel with the opposite sex any time soon. “They do not have the physical ability and also are not prepared for the high speeds. But everything in life is possible,” said Petrov.
