Vitaly Petrov has revealed that fans of Ferrari and Fernando Alonso littered his official Facebook page with insults and abuse.<\/p>\n
“Many people cursed me, saying I had blocked Alonso,” admitted the Russian driver.<\/p>\n
Renault’s Petrov played a pivotal role in the outcome of the 2010 world championship when points leader Alonso could not pass him during the Abu Dhabi finale earlier this month.<\/p>\n
After the race, Alonso waved angrily at the 26-year-old rookie, and he now tells Germany’s Bild newspaper that many of the Spaniard’s supporters were similarly abusive.<\/p>\n
But he insisted: “It’s nonsense, I did nothing wrong.\u00a0 For 39 laps I was in front of him but no one told me on the radio that I was helping Sebastian be world champion.<\/p>\n
“Even if he had (passed), he also had to pass Rosberg.\u00a0 I drove my own race and Ferrari made a tactical error,” added Petrov, who dismissed Alonso’s post-race gesticulations as “bad manners”.<\/p>\n
Alonso’s failure to pass Petrov meant that Sebastian Vettel was able to close a big points margin to the Spaniard and secure the 2010 title.<\/p>\n
“He deserves it,” Petrov said, referring to Vettel.\u00a0 “The newspapers said it was a miracle, but it was his hard work.”<\/p>\n
Bild asked Petrov if the new world champion had congratulated him personally for his role in the title outcome.<\/p>\n
“He doesn’t have my phone number,” answered the Russian.\u00a0 “But I saw that he wrote on his website to his fans that he was grateful to me.”<\/p>\n
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