RACING DRIVER

Vitaly Petrov

1984 - Today

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Vitaly Aleksandrovich Petrov (Russian: Вита́лий Алекса́ндрович Петро́в, IPA: [vʲɪˈtalʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ pʲɪˈtrof]; born 8 September 1984) is a Russian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 2010 to 2012. Born and raised in Vyborg, Petrov began his career in rallying, skipping competitive kart racing altogether. Petrov competed for Renault and Caterham in Formula One, becoming the first Russian driver to compete in Formula One at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vitaly Petrov has received more than 465,500 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Vitaly Petrov is the 589th most popular racing driver (down from 482nd in 2019), the 2,336th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,915th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Vitaly Petrov ranks 589 out of 1,080. Before him are Roelof Wunderink, Peter Hirt, Brian Shawe-Taylor, Roberto Lippi, Josef Peters, and Nelson Piquet Jr.. After him are John Kocinski, Piero Drogo, Paddy Driver, Trevor Blokdyk, Red Amick, and André Guelfi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Vitaly Petrov ranks 129. Before him are Niko Kranjčar, Max Riemelt, Gökhan Inler, Yolandi Visser, Sara Carbonero, and Alison Sudol. After him are Aylar Lie, Giampaolo Pazzini, Mamdouh Elssbiay, Belén Cuesta, Janko Tipsarević, and Akiho Yoshizawa.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vitaly Petrov ranks 2,336 out of 3,761. Before him are Mikhail Kornienko (1960), Boris Mayorov (1938), Vitaly Mutko (1958), Tamara Lazakovich (1954), Nikolay Okhlopkov (1900), and Soslan Andiyev (1952). After him are Pavel Chukhray (1946), Yuri Gavrilov (1953), Dmitry Nagiyev (1967), Mikhail Suslin (1894), Boris Markov (1924), and Andrey Arkhangelsky (1879).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Russia

Among racing drivers born in Russia, Vitaly Petrov ranks 2. Before him are Daniil Kvyat (1994). After him are Vladimir Chagin (1970), Nikita Mazepin (1999), Sergey Sirotkin (1995), Evgeny Novikov (1990), Mikhail Aleshin (1987), and Artem Markelov (1994).

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