Vitaly and Oksana at F1 Melbourne: Triumph and Tears for the Sport’s Odd Couple

There are a number of big stories about the 2011 Melbourne F1 Grand Prix. One of the biggest is that Vitaly Petrov scored third place for Lotus-Renault, which also made him third in the driver's championship table because it was the first event of the year.It was a moment of triumph for Petrov, who was often disparaged in 2010, and a moment for tears from his manager, Oksana Kosachenko. I point out here that there are differing spellings of Oksana's surname to be found, all are translations of the Russian Косаченко."I just can’t express my feelings with words: when I saw Vitaly on the podium, I burst into tears," she said, according to rt.com. "We’ve set very high stan...

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