Vitaly Petrov has revealed he considered voluntarily relinquished track position to Fernando Alonso last Sunday in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n
Ferrari’s bungled race strategy left a furious Alonso trapped behind the Russian’s Renault during the championship finale.<\/p>\n
Petrov admitted after the race that he would have avoided crashing into the Spaniard “if he had tried a move”.<\/p>\n
And speaking to the Russian sports daily Super Express, he added: “It went through my mind to let Alonso pass me.<\/p>\n
“But I remembered 2008 when Vettel almost took the championship from Hamilton by not letting him go.”<\/p>\n
Alonso gesticulated angrily at Petrov on the slowing-down lap in Abu Dhabi and told reporters he thought the rookie had been too aggressive.<\/p>\n
But Petrov insists: “I was not aggressive.\u00a0 It was a normal race.<\/p>\n
“I would also be angry if I was in his situation, but with myself or my team for doing the wrong strategy.”<\/p>\n
Alonso was later quoted by Blick newspaper: “Everything (with Petrov) was clean and fair.<\/p>\n
“Technically we had only the third best car in 2010.\u00a0 But if you’re the leader before the final race, it is hard to lose the title in the last minute.”<\/p>\n
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