Petrov says Alonso is renta-driver and doesn't feel sorry for Trulli.
“I see no difference between myself and Alonso,” said the Russian, who has moved his lucrative backing from Renault (now Lotus) to the Caterham team for 2012.
His new appointment is controversial, given he has ousted the experienced veteran and former Monaco winner Jarno Trulli, who was the last Italian in F1.
Comparing himself with Alonso, Petrov told La Stampa newspaper: “Everyone knows that he is funded by the money from (Ferrari sponsor) Banco Santander.
“Anyway, you only get to F1 because of talent.”
And Petrov, 27, insists he does not feel sorry for Trulli.
“Life is hard,” the Italian newspaper quotes him as saying.
He admitted that having friends in F1 is impossible, whilst making some comments that will also not endear him to the sport’s Italian followers.
Asked to explain the rare absence of Italians on the grid, Petrov criticised the country’s junior categories and added: “Your drivers lack the passion.”
And as for Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo’s complaints about the dramatic role being played by aerodynamics in F1 at present, he answered: “When you’re not winning, it’s easy to complain.”
Petrov, however, lived in Italy in his past, revealing that his favourite elements of Italian life are “the food and the girls”.
But on the latter, he does not expect to be wheel-to-wheel with the opposite sex any time soon.
“They do not have the physical ability and also are not prepared for the high speeds. But everything in life is possible,” said Petrov.
I hope this season will be the last for russian renta. Go drive bus in Vyborg!
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