 He incurred a five-place grid penalty for the incident at the inaugural , which meant that he had to start the race from sixteenth place.He finished the race eleventh, just in front of teammate Bruno Senna, and just missing out on the points-scoring positions.After finishing 13th in Abu Dhabi, Petrov launched an attack on his team in an interview on Russian television, citing lack of development, strategy mistakes, and criticisms of the drivers by team management.