 It became apparent that the Caterham lacked the pace of midfield cars, but was evidently faster than Marussia and HRT.Petrov had another clean race at the where he qualified in 20th, and made his way up through the race to finish 18th, again ahead of Kovalainen who lost two laps in the pits.At the , Petrov managed to qualify well over a second faster than the closest Marussia, cementing the Caterham's position as the fastest of the new teams for the third year running; he managed to finish the race in 16th place, equalling his best result in Malaysia earlier in the year.