Compare Vitaly Petrov‘s performance against his team mate throughout the 2012 F1 season.
Race finishing positions
| AUS | MAL | CHI | BAH | SPA | MON | CAN | EUR | BRI | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN | JAP | KOR | IND | ABU | UNI | BRA | |
| Vitaly Petrov | – | 16 | 18 | 16 | 17 | – | 19 | 13 | – | 16 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 11 |
| Team mate | 18 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 14 |
Performance comparison
| Vitaly Petrov | Heikki Kovalainen | |
| Qualified ahead | 7 | 13 |
| Average qualifying gap | +0.212s | – |
| Finished race ahead | 10 | 7 |
| Laps spent ahead | 419 | 614 |
Qualifying gap
Gap in seconds between Vitaly Petrov and his team mate in the last part of qualifying where both set a time, for each race.
A positive time means the driver was slower than his team mate, a negative time means they were faster:
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2012drivercolours.csv
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |
| Vitaly Petrov | 0.339000000000013 | 0.26100000000001 | 0.214000000000027 | 0.971000000000004 | -0.230000000000032 | 0.866000000000014 | 0.218999999999994 | 0.370000000000005 | -0.449999999999989 | 0.911000000000001 | 0.590999999999994 | 0.227999999999994 | 0.50500000000001 | -0.291000000000011 | 0.774999999999991 | -0.125999999999991 | -0.744 | 0.195000000000007 | -0.357000000000014 | -0.012999999999991 |