Vitaly Petrov on Thursday confirmed he is relocating from Spain to England.<\/p>\n
Before the Russian secured a new contract with Renault for 2011, team owner Gerard Lopez insisted the 26-year-old needed to “move to the UK” to be “close to the factory” and in an “English speaking environment”.<\/p>\n
At the Autosport International show in Birmingham, Petrov confirmed he has moved.<\/p>\n
“First of all I’m now closer to the factory, and if I need to I can go any time,” Petrov, whose new residence is reportedly near Renault’s Enstone headquarters in Oxfordshire, is quoted by the Press Association.<\/p>\n
Petrov, who previously lived in Valencia, admitted he was worried recently that he would not be retained by Renault after his rookie season.<\/p>\n
“I was a little bit nervous.\u00a0 It was my rookie year and I knew I had made mistakes, but I also had some good races, so it was 50-50,” he said.<\/p>\n
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