Mar.27 Motorsport in Russia can still thrive even amid the Ukraine conflict, Russia's first Formula 1 driver Vitaly Petrov insists. Nikita Mazepin and Uralkali were expelled from the Haas team at the outbreak of the war early last year, with the FIA now requiring all Russian athletes to assume ‘neutral' status and sign a special document. But even amid those and other restrictions imposed on Russians, including the total cancellation of the Sochi race, Petrov says Russian motorsport can still thrive. 'We have our own tracks, we have our own cars, so our motorsport does not stand still,' the former Renault driver, who is now a top official at the Russian automobile federation, said....
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