 After starting the race on the tenth row of the grid, Petrov ran as high as tenth at the  – a result that would have earned Caterham their first Formula One point – but was involved in a collision with Daniel Ricciardo and finished thirteenth.After inititially being outpaced by Kovalainen, once Petrov had adjusted to the car he began to turn the tables on his Finnish teammate.He finished ahead of Kovalainen in four of the last five races of the season.