Daniil Kvyat

Daniil Kvyat

Kvyat at the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix
Born	26 April 1994 Ufa, Russia
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Russian
2016 team	Red Bull-TAG Heuer[1] Toro Rosso-Ferrari[2]
Car number	26
Entries	42 (40 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	2
Career points	124
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	2014 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry	2016 Russian Grand Prix
2015 position	7th (95 pts)
Previous series
2013 2013 2012 2010–12 2011 2011 2010 2010	GP3 Series FIA European F3 Championship Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Toyota Racing Series Formula BMW Europe Formula BMW Pacific
Championship titles
2013 2012	GP3 Series Formula Renault 2.0 Alps

Daniil Vyacheslavovich Kvyat (Russian: Дании́л Вячесла́вович Квят; IPA: [dənʲɪˈil vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvʲɪtɕ kvʲat], born 26 April 1994) is a Russian auto racing driver. He was runner-up at the 2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, and GP3 Series champion in 2013. He joined Formula One as a Toro Rosso driver in 2014 finishing 15th in the World Championship. He then moved on to Red Bull Racing to partner Daniel Ricciardo for the 2015 season. He scored his first Formula One podium finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix on 26 July 2015, finishing 2nd to Sebastian Vettel. He was relegated to Toro Rosso team ahead of the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix.^[3]

Career

Karting (2009)

Born in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia, Kvyat was an active kart racer in Russia and Italy. In 2009, he finished third in the KF3 European Championship category and finished as runner-up in the WSK International Series.

Formula BMW (2010)

Kvyat during Race 1 of the 2010 Formula BMW Pacific season at Sepang International Circuit

Kvyat started his formula racing career during the 2010 Formula BMW Pacific season with EuroInternational at the Sepang International Circuit. In his first race he started from sixth place, but finished only nineteenth.^[4] He finished fifth in the second race. During the season, he joined the Red Bull Junior Team and made his debut in Formula BMW Europe with the same team.^[5] He finished in tenth position in the final championship standings, with a second-place finish at Monza.

Toyota Racing Series (2011)

Kvyat contested New Zealand's Toyota Racing Series in January and February 2011 with Victory Motor Racing, finishing fifth in the championship with a win in the Dan Higgins Trophy at Manfeild and another five podiums.^[6]

Formula Renault (2010–2012)

Kvyat in 2011 as member of the development Red Bull Junior Team

After two races with Koiranen Bros. Motorsport in 2010, in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 finale at Barcelona and a fourth-place finish in the Formula Renault UK Winter Series, Kvyat, and his Formula BMW and Red Bull Junior teammate Carlos Sainz Jr., joined Koiranen for full 2011 seasons in both the Eurocup and the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. He finished as runner-up behind Sainz, Jr. in the Northern European Cup standings with seven wins, including a hat-trick of wins at Monza. In the Eurocup he was outpaced by former Formula BMW rival Robin Frijns and Sainz, scoring two wins at Spa and the Nürburgring.

For 2012, Kvyat remained in the Formula Renault category, competing in both Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series. His debut in the Alps championship was marked with a dominating double win at Monza.^[7] In May he returned to the Eurocup, and recorded a double win in the opening round of the season at Motorland Aragón.^[8] He ultimately clinched the Alps title and finished as runner-up in the Eurocup, following a dramatic season finale at Catalunya. He was leading the race in heavy rain, but his tyres lost all grip during the final laps, and he missed the title by 10 points. Kvyat remained with the Red Bull Junior Team and progressed to the GP3 Series for 2013.

GP3 and European Formula 3 (2013)

Kvyat competing for MW Arden during the 2013 GP3 Series season, at Spa-Francorchamps. He took the first of three victories during the 2013 season at Spa-Francorchamps, en route to the championship title.

Kvyat spent 2013 competing in the GP3 Series with MW Arden and the European Formula 3 championship with Carlin Motorsport. Kvyat was a late registration for the latter series, and so he was ineligible for points. He scored five pole positions, seven podiums and a dominant win at Zandvoort. His first win saw an unusual mistake on the part of event organisers: there was no record of National Anthem of Russia present at Zandvoort, and "The Patriotic Song" by Mikhail Glinka was played instead to celebrate Kvyat's win.^[9]

His progress in GP3 was rapid as well. Kvyat started the season poorly but immediately recovered, scoring his first podium in his fifth feature race. Following two wins in next two feature races, he went into the Abu Dhabi event being a title contender and finally won the championship in his debut year. His performance in two final feature races at Monza and Abu Dhabi was notable: Kvyat scored a pole, a win, led every lap and recorded the fastest lap, gaining the maximum points available at both races.

Formula One

Toro Rosso (2013–2014)

Kvyat at the 2014 Chinese Grand Prix

In October 2013, Kvyat was announced as the second driver of the Scuderia Toro Rosso (STR) Formula One team for the 2014 season, alongside Frenchman Jean-Éric Vergne.^[10] He replaced Daniel Ricciardo, who moved to parent team Red Bull Racing.^[11] As a test driver for STR, he took part in Friday practice for the final two Grands Prix of the 2013 season, in the United States and Brazil.^[12] Kvyat made his F1 debut—aged 19—in the 2014 Australian Grand Prix, where he finished 9th, breaking Sebastian Vettel's record as the youngest points-scorer in Formula One.^[13] He went on to score points in the Malaysian, Chinese, British and Belgian Grands Prix,^[14] finishing 15th in the World Championship. In September the organisers of the inaugural Russian Grand Prix announced their intention of naming a stand in the Sochi Autodrom after him.^[14]

In October 2014 it was announced that Kvyat would be promoted to Red Bull for the 2015 season, to replace the quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel.^[15]

Red Bull (2015–2016)

Kvyat at the 2015 Canadian Grand Prix

Kvyat raced for Red Bull for the 2015 season, alongside Daniel Ricciardo, after being promoted following the departure of four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel to Ferrari.^[16] He took his first podium in the sport with a second-place finish at the 2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, the highest finish for a Russian driver in Formula One.^[17] As a result, Kvyat – aged 21 years, 91 days – became the second-youngest driver to record a podium finish, after Vettel.^[17] In qualifying for the 2015 Japanese Grand Prix, Kvyat crashed heavily into the barriers, ultimately flipping the car.^[18] He was uninjured, and finished 13th in the race the following day. Kvyat ended the 2015 season with 95 points and 7th place in Drivers' World Championship beating his race winning team-mate Daniel Ricciardo by 3 points.^[19]

Return to Toro Rosso (2016–)

On 5 May 2016, Red Bull announced that Toro Rosso driver Max Verstappen would be replacing Kvyat from the Spanish Grand Prix, with Kvyat returning to STR. According to RBR Team Principal Christian Horner, "Dany will be able to continue his development at Toro Rosso, in a team that he is familiar with, giving him the chance to regain his form and show his potential."^[2]

Personal life

Kvyat currently lives with his family in Rome, Italy. In addition to his native Russian, he is also fluent in Italian, Spanish, and English.^[20]

Rules introduced for the 2014 Formula One season allowed the drivers to pick their own racing numbers that they will carry with them for the rest of their careers. When asked about which number he wanted, Kvyat revealed that 26 was the number he had chosen as he had no previous connection to it, and that he wanted to make it successful.^[21]

Kvyat's hobbies include table tennis, football, wakeboarding and skiing.^[22]

Until November 2015, Kvyat was one of the few drivers in motor racing to have an FIA Super Licence, but not a regular driving licence in his native Russia.^[23]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2010	Formula BMW Europe	EuroInternational	16	0	0	0	1	138	10th
	Formula BMW Pacific		8	2	2	0	5	0	NC†
	Formula Renault UK Winter Series	Koiranen Bros. Motorsport	6	0	1	0	2	109	4th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2011	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Koiranen Motorsport	14	2	2	3	6	155	3rd
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		20	7	2	5	13	431	2nd
	Formula Renault UK Finals Series		6	0	0	1	2	111	3rd
	Toyota Racing Series	Victory Motor Racing	12	1	1	3	6	138	5th
2012	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Koiranen Motorsport	14	7	3	5	9	234	2nd
	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps		14	7	4	4	8	217	1st
2013	GP3 Series	MW Arden	16	3	2	4	5	168	1st
	FIA European Formula 3 Championship	Carlin	21	1	5	1	7	0	NC†
	Formula One	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Test driver
2014	Formula One	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	0	0	0	0	8	15th
2015	Formula One	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	19	0	0	0	1	95	7th
2016	Formula One	Red Bull Racing	4	0	0	0	1	21*	8th*
		Scuderia Toro Rosso	0	0	0	0	0

† – As Kvyat was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	D.C.	Points
2013	MW Arden	ESP FEA 20	ESP SPR Ret	VAL FEA 4	VAL SPR 5	GBR FEA 4	GBR SPR 4	GER FEA Ret	GER SPR 16	HUN FEA 3	HUN SPR 7	BEL FEA 1	BEL SPR 6	ITA FEA 1	ITA SPR 2	ABU FEA 1	ABU SPR 5	1st	168

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	D.C.	Points
2013	Carlin	Volkswagen	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	HOC1 1 10	HOC1 2 12	HOC1 3 3	BRH 1 10	BRH 2 12	BRH 3 14	RBR 1 2	RBR 2 2	RBR 3 2	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 12	NOR 3 Ret	NÜR 1 9	NÜR 2 13	NÜR 3 16	ZAN 1 1	ZAN 2 3	ZAN 3 4	VAL 1 4	VAL 2 3	VAL 3 7	HOC2 1	HOC2 2	HOC2 3	NC^‡	0

Notes

• ‡ − As Kvyat was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicates fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	WDC	Points
2013	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR8	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	AUS	MAL	CHN	BHR	ESP	MON	CAN	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	KOR	IND	ABU	USA TD	BRA TD			–	–
2014	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR9	Renault Energy F1‑2014 1.6 V6 t	AUS 9	MAL 10	BHR 11	CHN 10	ESP 14	MON Ret	CAN Ret	AUT Ret	GBR 9	GER Ret	HUN 14	BEL 9	ITA 11	SIN 14	JPN 11	RUS 14	USA 15	BRA 11	ABU Ret			15th	8
2015	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB11	Renault Energy F1-2015 1.6 V6 t	AUS DNS	MAL 9	CHN Ret	BHR 9	ESP 10	MON 4	CAN 9	AUT 12	GBR 6	HUN 2	BEL 4	ITA 10	SIN 6	JPN 13	RUS 5	USA Ret	MEX 4	BRA 7	ABU 10			7th	95
2016	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB12	TAG Heuer 1.6 V6 t	AUS DNS	BHR 7	CHN 3	RUS 15																		8th*	21*
	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR11	Ferrari 059/4 1.6 V6 t					ESP	MON	CAN	EUR	AUT	GBR	HUN	GER	BEL	ITA	SIN	MAL	JPN	USA	MEX	BRA	ABU

* Season still in progress.

References

1. "Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat 'will be in car' for 2016". BBC. BBC. 1 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
2. "New line-up for Spain". RedBullRacing.com. 5 May 2016.
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4. Calvert, Sean (8 April 2010). "Promising start for Juniors". Red Bull Junior Team (Red Bull GmbH). Retrieved 30 March 2015.
5. Benso, Michele (1 September 2009). "Europe – Exclusive: Kvyat, Sainz Jr. and Frijns arrows over the 2010 Red Bull Eurointernational". stopandgo.tv (Stop&Go!). Retrieved 22 October 2009.
6. "Red Bull Junior Driver takes Dan Higgins Trophy". Toyota Racing Series (Toyota Racing Management). 12 February 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
7. Borgo, Marco (25 March 2012). "Alps – Monza, Gara 2: Incontenibile Kvyat". stopandgo.tv (in Italian) (Stop&Go). Retrieved 29 March 2012.
8. "Classy Kvyat at the double". World Series by Renault (Renault Sport). 6 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
9. Квят победил в первой гонке Формулы-3 в Зандфорте [Kvyat won the first race of the Formula 3 in Zandvoort]. championat.com (in Russian). 28 September 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
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11. "Daniil Kvyat Signs with Toro Rosso for 2014 Formula 1 Season".
12. "Brazilian Grand Prix: Kvyat expands experience with wet session". Crash Media Group. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
13. Benson, Andrew (16 March 2014). "Rosberg wins after Lewis Hamilton and Vettel retire". BBC Sport (BBC). Retrieved 16 March 2014.
14. "Kvyat honoured by Sochi circuit". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
15. "Vettel to leave Red Bull after 2014; Kvyat to be promoted". 4 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
16. Esler, William (4 October 2014). "Daniil Kvyat says he is 'honoured' by his promotion to Red Bull for 2015". SkySports.com. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
17. "Budapest stats - Vettel finally breaks his Hungarian hoodoo". Formula1.com (Formula One World Championship Limited). 26 July 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
18. "Daniil Kvyat crashes in Japanese GP qualifying". Sky Sports (BSkyB). 26 September 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
19. "2015 Driver Standings". Formula1.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
20. "Biography". daniilkvyat.com. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
21. Даниил Квят выбрал номер 26 [Daniil Kvyat chose number 26]. Autosport Russian Edition (in Russian) (Haymarket Publications). 21 December 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
22. "About Daniil". Red Bull. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
23. Daniil Kvyat takes his Russian Driving Test. YouTube (YouTube, LLC). 5 November 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Daniil Kvyat on Twitter
• Daniil Kvyat career summary at DriverDB.com