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Adapted from DTM press release
Former Formula 1 driver, Vitaly Petrov will play a major role to support the first visit of the DTM series in Russia.
The former Lotus and Caterham F1 racer will drive a DTM Race Taxi during this weekend's Moscow City Racing event.
Then, he will drive again a Race Taxi during the sixth round if the DTM held August 2-4 at Moscow Raceway.
In the traditional Moscow City Racing, a spectacular two-day motor-racing event held right in front of the Kremlin walls, just two weeks before the maiden DTM race on Russian soil, the series will be represented by big names: DTM Championship leader Mike Rockenfeller (Audi), Andy Priaulx (BMW) and former DTM driver Ralf Schumacher (Mercedes-Benz), who is extremely popular in Russia, will not only join Petrov at a press conference to answer all the questions of the Russian media representatives around DTM but also will be available for the fans during autograph sessions.
The highlights, however, definitely will be the demonstration runs on Saturday and Sunday with an Audi RS 5 DTM, a BMW M3 DTM and a DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé on the 3.7-kilometre track.
On Sunday, Petrov will replace Schumacher at the wheel of the DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé, thus becoming the first Russian to drive a DTM car.
In the past years, the Moscow City Racing event has become a kind of tradition, in the Russian Capital. The sixth edition, in 2012, attracted and thrilled 300,000 visitors.
The visitors will have the chance of getting very close to the DTM cars and see them in action - and the same applies to numerous other racing cars, such as several Formula 1 cars and the mighty Kamaz race trucks used in the Dakar Rally.
Former Formula 1 driver, Vitaly Petrov will play a major role to support the first visit of the DTM series in Russia.
The former Lotus and Caterham F1 racer will drive a DTM Race Taxi during this weekend's Moscow City Racing event.
Then, he will drive again a Race Taxi during the sixth round if the DTM held August 2-4 at Moscow Raceway.
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| Vitaly Petrov. (Photo: DTM) |
In the traditional Moscow City Racing, a spectacular two-day motor-racing event held right in front of the Kremlin walls, just two weeks before the maiden DTM race on Russian soil, the series will be represented by big names: DTM Championship leader Mike Rockenfeller (Audi), Andy Priaulx (BMW) and former DTM driver Ralf Schumacher (Mercedes-Benz), who is extremely popular in Russia, will not only join Petrov at a press conference to answer all the questions of the Russian media representatives around DTM but also will be available for the fans during autograph sessions.
The highlights, however, definitely will be the demonstration runs on Saturday and Sunday with an Audi RS 5 DTM, a BMW M3 DTM and a DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé on the 3.7-kilometre track.
On Sunday, Petrov will replace Schumacher at the wheel of the DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé, thus becoming the first Russian to drive a DTM car.
In the past years, the Moscow City Racing event has become a kind of tradition, in the Russian Capital. The sixth edition, in 2012, attracted and thrilled 300,000 visitors.
The visitors will have the chance of getting very close to the DTM cars and see them in action - and the same applies to numerous other racing cars, such as several Formula 1 cars and the mighty Kamaz race trucks used in the Dakar Rally.