'Russian sources' report that Vitaly Petrov is set to keep his Caterham seat for 2013, the Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat claims. Already this week, the 28-year-old's manager Oksana Kosachenko revealed that "all the necessary work on our part is done -- and it's for Caterham to decide". Petrov's teammate in 2012 was Finn Heikki Kovalainen, but Caterham has already announced that Charles Pic will be driving one of the green-liveried cars next year. Among the other candidates to be Pic's 2013 teammate are Giedo van […]

Caterham team principal Cyril Abiteboul urges his team to move forwards in 2013 after a 2012 season in which they did not meet their expectations

Giedo van der Garde is waiting to hear if he will be Charles Pic's teammate at Caterham in 2013. The Dutch GP2 driver completed the 2012 season as the Tony Fernandes-owned team's regular Friday and reserve driver, and is reportedly now in the running to replace either Heikki Kovalainen or Vitaly Petrov. But, although earlier tipped to run an all-pay-driver lineup for 2013, Caterham's financial situation has changed since the Interlagos finale, after Russian Petrov's eleventh place returned the team to the lucrative tenth spot […]

Ranking the performances of the drivers in the 2012 season

Rating the drivers at the final round of the season in Brazil

Vitaly Petrov's eleventh place in the Brazilian Grand Prix has given Caterham the elusive tenth place in the championship. "What an incredible race", said the Russian. "I’m so pleased for the whole team and I want to thank every single one of them for doing such a fantastic job in the conditions today. Seeing what regaining tenth place in the championship meant to everyone when I got back to the garage was really special and I think we deserve it after all the hard work […]

Just 0.013s separated Vitaly Petrov and Heikki Kovalainen in qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix. Both drivers are under pressure for 2013, with Charles Pic already confirmed as a Caterham driver for next season. "I’m very pleased with the result today", said Petrov, who finished nineteenth. "It wasn’t quite enough to get into Q2 but in the conditions today I think we can be happy with where we ended up". "Tomorrow’s going to be really interesting – we showed yesterday and today that the gap […]

Caterham driver Vitaly Petrov has said that the team is mindful of the wet weather forecast for Sunday's Grand Prix. Caterham need a twelfth place to claim tenth in the championship back from Marussia. "I think we made some good progress in both sessions and I’m reasonably pleased with where we ended up. In the morning session we ran both the development tyre and the prime we have for this weekend and have a lot of very good data from both", he said. "We also […]

Heikki Kovalainen has admitted that Caterham simply underperformed in qualifying for the United States Grand Prix. Kovalainen could manage only 22nd, ahead of just the HRTs. "“We underperformed today, it’s really that simple. We went with a plan that didn’t work and unfortunately both Vitaly and I weren’t [sp] able to get enough heat into the tyres to get the best out of them, or manage the traffic well enough to get a clean lap in. Tomorrow’s another day so now we need to regroup […]

Heikki Kovalainen has said that a key aspect of the success of the United States Grand Prix will be how the fans take to the new circuit. Formula One has yet to achieve long term success in the American market, with this weekend's race at the Circuit of the Americas ending a five year hiatus for the sport in the United States. "COTA looks like a great circuit. I’ve spent a day in the simulator preparing for it so I know how it flows and […]

Rating the drivers after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Neither Heikki Kovalainen or Vitaly Petrov felt that they extracted the maximum from their Caterham CT01 in qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Kovalainen qualified in nineteenth place, with Petrov being beaten to twentieth by Charles Pic. "I’m pretty pleased with my final lap but I know there was more pace in the car. My first run on the medium tyres was ok but on the second run on the softs I had a problem with the DRS that meant I wasn’t able to […]