 Petrov apologised for the outburst with an email to all Renault staff, with Éric Bouiller claiming the matter was closed.Petrov ended the season with a tenth-place finish in Brazil, but with Adrian Sutil finishing sixth in the race, Sutil moved ahead of Petrov for ninth place in the final championship standings.In December 2011, it was announced that Romain Grosjean would partner Kimi Räikkönen at the team in , leaving Petrov without a drive.