Happy news for all Russians of this forum :

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Russian Euroseries 3000 racer Vitaly Petrov will replace Olivier Pla at David Price Racing for the rest of the GP2 season, after Direxiv failed to meet contractual obligations. Clivio Piccione will complete the season with the team however, after finding supplementary sponsorship money of his own. "As a consequence of the failure of the Direxiv Motorsport company to meet its contractual obligations to DPR, the British team will feature a new driver line up from this weekend's race in Hockenheim until the end of the GP2 season," said a statement. Petrov, 21, is currently lying fourth in the Euroseries 3000 championship, having taken two victories. Last week autosport.com revealed that Direxiv had abandoned plans to set up an F1 team with help from Jean Alesi and McLaren-Mercedes. The outfit planned to be based in McLaren's old Woking factory and run customer versions of McLaren's car and engine. DPR will run without Direxiv branding 'where possible' in this weekend's races at Hockenheim.