Petrov replaces Trulli at Caterham for 2012

With just over a month before the 2012 F1 season gets underway in Melbourne Australia, the Caterham team announced today that former Renault driver Vitaly Petrov will replace Jarno Trulli at the team for the 2012 season. Petrov made his F1 debut in 2010 with the Renault team, becoming the first Russian driver to compete in Formula One.

Petrov will partner Heikki Kovalainen and will make his on track debut with the team at the second pre-season test that kicks off in Barcelona next Tuesday 21st February. The news means that after 15 seasons in Formula One the Italian who has driven for Minardi, Prost, Jordan, Renault, Toyota and Lotus took his first and only win at the 2004 Monaco GrandPrix driving for Renault.

In other F1 news Mercedes 2012 car the W03 made it's track debut on Thursday afternoon in Silverstone where Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg completed laps in the new car for filming purposes. The new car will make it's test debut in Barcelona next Tuesday.