Paddock Gossip from the Malaysian Grand Prix

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Vitaly Petrov's nickname is 'Vyborg Rocket'. He certainly justified it in Malaysia with his spectacular take-off. Petrov's flying leap may have had something to do with a gift he received before the race from Jean Alesi to mark his podium in Australia – a Yuri Gagarin fountain pen commemorating 50 years of manned space travel.

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