Russian Helicopters partners Caterham F1 Team

Russian Helicopters partners Caterham F1 Team

Caterham F1 Team seems to be doing better in the boardroom than on the track. No championship points yet, but another sponsor has been added to the list. Russian Helicopters has become an official partner of the team, and the helicopter maker’s logos will be seen on the Caterham CT01 from the Monaco GP, which is the next race.

Vitaly Petrov drives for Caterham alongside Heikki Kovalainen. Petrov, who is Russian, was dropped by Lotus, and replaced veteran Jarno Trulli in the Caterham team. It’s no secret why this new sponsor came on board.

Russian Helicopters partners Caterham F1 Team

“Russian Helicopters are delighted to announce the start of our partnership program with Vitaly Petrov’s Caterham F1 Team. It is important for Russian businesses to support projects which positively raise the profile of Russian interests worldwide.

“And as Russian Helicopters is a global high-tech company it is a natural step for us to support Vitaly, as Caterham’s Russian driver, in his role in a high-tech sport which is enormously popular all over the world,” said Dmitry Petrov, General Director of JSC Russian Helicopters.

Russian Helicopters partners Caterham F1 Team
Moscow-based Russian Helicopters is a subsidiary of UIC Oboronprom, which in turn is a part of Russian Technologies State Corporation. It is the only helicopter design and production company in Russia. Over 8,000 helicopters of Soviet/Russian make are operated in 110 countries worldwide, with demand highest in the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Russia, and CIS countries.

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  • letstorque on May 22, 2012 at 2:28 pm

    Vitaly Petrov and Dmitry Petrov?
    Relative?
    Sibling?

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  • malaysian armed forces has long eyeing for combat helicopters. good job tony, very visionary.

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  • VoidDance on May 22, 2012 at 2:55 pm

    If I’m Tony, I will deploy that Mil Mi Hind Attack Helicopter on track day, shooting down everybody else on Caterham’s path. Easy peasy… :P

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    • shooter on May 22, 2012 at 4:10 pm

      gotta be careful of the craters though….

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      • sparky on May 23, 2012 at 10:59 pm

        yo…dun waste precious ammo on nice F1 racers, Tony shulda used
        the green copter’s (middle pic) sharp rockets on that Joey Barto……

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    • well said..
      HAIL CATERHAM’S!!!

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  • ironic on May 22, 2012 at 5:40 pm

    russian aviation…comes with complimentary crash landing on hill slope!

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    • oblong on May 22, 2012 at 6:25 pm

      Russian Aviation…nice design, fully loaded specs but no 2nd hand value as per Korean car hehehe but ‘conti’ plane Boeing/Airbus fitted with RR@PrattWhitney engine also crash sometime…

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  • flat_tire on May 22, 2012 at 6:50 pm

    all of these choppers reminded me of watching rambo 3 back in the day..

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  • what a flying caterham’s

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  • Caterham F1 cars loaded with missile launcher, rockets, and guns :D

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  • tikus on May 23, 2012 at 4:21 pm

    Tony is really business man!!! The way he doing business is great. What happen with Protong Lotus F1 ?? And MAS ??? All profit koyak and need Gov to support. Stupid management waste of rakyat $$$$.

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